Stadtmuseum im Welserturm
Museum, Scenic lookout
Description
Built in 1484, the tower houses the permanent exhibition "ARELAPE - Roman Pöchlarn" with the latest excavation finds.
The Welserturm was built in 1484 as a defensive tower. Over the course of its 500-year history, the tower has served various purposes: as the residence of the bailiff, as a storage room, as a prison, as a gasometer for acetylene lighting and even as a command post in the final days of the Second World War.
During the great fire on May 6, 1664, the tower lost its conical roof and its function as the bailiff's residence. The tower was renovated in 1997 and has housed the Arelape-Bechelaren-Pöchlarn town museum ever since. In 1999, the Welser Tower was given a modern roof designed by architect Helmut Haiden.
Today it houses the Roman Museum. All the finds come from Arelape, the former fort on the Danube Limes. The permanent exhibition "Arelape - the Roman Pöchlarn", designed in cooperation with the Federal Monuments Office, can be seen on two levels in the late medieval Welser Tower with old and the latest excavation finds (town center project).
On the third floor, the Golling artist, Prof. Sepp Mayrhuber, shows his works. He has left his mark in Pöchlarn and the surrounding area and has become known beyond the borders, particularly through the revival of the antique stuccolustro technique.
Ample parking directly opposite the Welserturm.
