Stürgkh Palace

The four-story building with a facade in the Plattenstil (slab style) shows different architectural styles from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Originally, the palace had a Renaissance-style facade, which was later altered in a Neoclassical manner. The third floor was not added during the initial construction but later. To the right above the portal, a round-arched niche is set into the wall, containing a colorfully painted sandstone Madonna (late 18th century).

The basket-arch stone portal with iron-clad gate wings and wrought-iron transom grille dates from the first quarter of the 16th century. It is framed by floral and coat-of-arms reliefs. This framing was only added around 1638, after the Stürgkh family was elevated to the baronial rank. The plastered-over coats of arms were only rediscovered in 1937 and heraldically incorrectly supplemented. They belong to Baron Hans Christoph von Stürgkh and his wife, Baroness Sidonie von Khuenburg.

The inner courtyard is accessible via a long passage with barrel and groin vaults. An open staircase with a Neoclassical wrought-iron railing leads to the upper floors. On the first floor, some rooms are adorned with Rocaille ceiling stucco (around 1760), created in the style of the stucco artist Heinrich Formentini. The building fabric around the second courtyard of the Palais Stürgkh, where the "Ratskeller" is located, was built in the 15th century and is thus the oldest part of the house. Another staircase was only added later in 1800.