9 Places - 9 Treasures route through Steyr

Starting from the historic town square, the route leads to 9 sights of the 1000-year-old city.

For centuries, Steyr was the center of iron processing and iron trade. The beautiful townhouses on the town square still testify to the former wealth of its inhabitants. All architectural eras are represented: Renaissance meets Baroque, Gothic meets Rococo.

At the beginning of the route at the historic town square, you can admire the Bummerlhaus – a Gothic townhouse from the 13th century. Through the narrow alley leads the way to Zwischenbrücken – a small square at the confluence of the Enns and Steyr rivers, between the Enns and Steyr bridges. Here the city center ends and in the 19th century the square was still bounded by two mighty city gates.

On the other side of the river stands the Michaelerkirche – the two-towered former Jesuit church shapes the cityscape of Steyr with its elevated location at the mouth of the Steyr into the Enns.

The route continues to the Taborturm, existing since about 1480, on the Tabor hill. It was formerly part of the city fortifications and a watchtower for the fire brigade; today it houses a restaurant. From the Taborturm the path passes the Jewish cemetery to the Schnallentor, which was probably built in the first half of the 16th century as part of the city fortifications in Steyr in the area between Steyrdorf and Tabor.

Over the Schnallenberg and Gleinkergasse, the route now leads to the Museum Arbeitswelt and then to Lamberg Castle. The path goes through Werndlpark past the Bruckner monument to the parish church – dedicated to Saint Giles and Saint Coloman, the church was built in Gothic style in the 15th century and is the most important sacred building in the city of Steyr.

Over the Pfarrstiege, the path leads back towards the old town to the city museum in the Innerberger Stadl, one of the most modern city museums in Austria. Thematic focuses of the museum are the history of the bourgeoisie and the importance of the iron trade for the city of Steyr. From the city museum, the route leads back to the starting point at Steyr town square.