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Steyr's Old Town is one of Austria's most atmospheric historic city centers. Situated at the confluence of the Enns and Steyr rivers, it combines a medieval urban structure with well-preserved Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque buildings. Around the town square with its magnificent burgher houses—including the famous Bummerlhaus—narrow lanes, courtyards, and squares unfold, reflecting the former prosperity of this iron-producing city. High above, Lamberg Castle sits atop the walls of the ancient Styraburg, the city's origin. A visit to the Old Town leads past characteristic facades, across bridges to the riverbanks, and to viewpoints offering particularly evocative vistas of the historic ensemble. Overall, Steyr's Old Town presents a harmonious blend of history, architecture, and picturesque urban ambiance.

The Memorial Tunnel in Steyr is a memorial site commemorating the Nazi era and, in particular, the forced labor at the former Steyr-Münichholz subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp. The exhibition is located in an approximately 140-meter-long air-raid shelter tunnel beneath Lamberg Castle, which was driven into the rock by concentration camp prisoners in 1943. In this original, preserved tunnel, the exhibition guides visitors through the years 1938 to 1945, using documents, photographs, and personal accounts to illustrate the profound impact of the armaments industry, forced labor, and persecution on life in Steyr. The deliberately simple and somber design evokes the confinement and atmosphere of the place, making the tunnel a central learning and memorial site used by many visitors and school groups to gain a deeper understanding of the local history of the Nazi period.

Very beautiful natural bathing spot on the cold Steyr

Nativity scene is behind a waterfall

This church is one of the most important Gothic churches in the country, and is also known as the smaller sister of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. As the residence of the Ottokars (also: Otakars), the city of Steyr, strategically located at the confluence of the Steyr and Enns, gained importance even before the year 1000. Vedute of the Schedel World ChronicleAfter the city had also become the capital of Styria, Steyr became the most powerful and important city above the Enns in the Middle Ages through iron trading and iron processing. The first written mention of a church building, "ecclesia sancti Egidii in Styria", also dates from this period. The first documented mention of a patronage of St. Giles for Steyr is dated April 22, 1275, but this patronage (as well as that of St. Koloman) may have existed earlier. The settlement in the shadow of the Styraburg had already grown into an "urbs" by this time, and the construction of a church must have taken place earlier. The church building, which had been damaged by a fire, soon proved to be too small for the rapidly growing population. In 1443, Hans Puchsbaum, master builder of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, began construction on a new building, which he managed until 1454. The plans are documented by the designs that have survived to this day. War events and religious turmoil interrupted the construction work several times for longer periods, which resulted in changes to Puchsbaum's plans. After 1454, Mert Kramschach (until 1482), Wolfgang Tenk (until 1513) and Hanns Schwettichauer (until around 1525) managed the construction work. After the fire of the tower spire in 1876, the current neo-Gothic top was built from stone blocks in 1889 according to plans by the Viennese cathedral master builder and the builder of the Vienna City Hall, Friedrich von Schmidt. The old cross has been erected on the church tower since 1961.

The "Stollen der Gedenken" memorial site has been managed by the Arfbeitswelt Museum since 2013. The exhibition was implemented by the Mauthausen Committee Steyr in a former air raid shelter and sheds light on the history of the city of Steyr in the years 1938-1945. Starting with the economic crisis of the 1930s, the exhibition chronologically examines the rise of the National Socialists in the region, the annexation in 1938, the expansion of the Steyr works for the Nazi war economy and the deployment of several thousand concentration camp prisoners and civilian forced laborers from all over Europe for the armaments industry.

The Roman Catholic parish church of Steyr is dedicated to Saint Giles and Saint Koloman. It was built in the 15th century in the Gothic style and is the most important religious building in the city of Steyr. If you have time, you should definitely take a guided tour of the city that takes you up the church tower. The view of Steyr from up there is amazing!

One of the ways to get from the town square to the Ennskai without. Be careful! Tall people have to duck their heads ;-)