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Group 1 | Station 1B | Main Square

Main Square

Many of the houses on the main square were first built in the second half of the 12th and early 13th centuries for the clergy and nobility.

The layout of the terraced buildings (joined houses) is from the 16th or 17th century.

The facade design of the houses is mainly from the second half of the 19th century. 


Hauptplatz 1:  former town hall 

Hauptplatz 7:  former pharmacy
Hauptplatz 11:  former office of the mining judge
Hauptplatz 12:  former salt office

The Old Town Hall (Hauptplatz 1) received its remarkable late classicist facade in 1838. At the end of the 18th century, it was used as a town hall.  1867 onwards, it was used as a district court. A Roman round medallion from the 2nd century is walled in above the arched portal, above which there is a stucco relief with the town’s coat of arms and a floating Lady of Justice.

House No. 7
, the former town pharmacy, may have served as the archbishop’s office building. Frescoes from around 1500 are preserved here. The fresco on the left is a framed depiction of St. Christopher.  In the middle, there are three archbishop’s coats of arms. On the right, the coat of arms with the white turnip refers to Archbishop Leonhard von Keutschach.

House No. 11
, now Villa Bucher, was once the seat of the “Rumpf von Wullross” knightly family. From the 16th century onwards, it served as an office building for the mining judge. In front of this building, there is a model of the town showing Friesach in the 17th century.

House No. 12 
is a dominant building at the northwest corner of the main square. It was the salt office in 1813. The inscription stone in the vestibule is probably from a former homeowner and displays “Larentz Twenger 1466” with a coat of arms.

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Map: 1B
Stations: 1A | 1B | 8 | 9 | 17C | 25 | 28A

Station 1A | Renaissance Fountain
Station
1B | Main Square
Station 8 | Town’s Parish Church
Station 9 | Narrensteig (Jester’s Path)

Station 17C | Wiener Straße
Station 25 | Bahnhofstraße
Station 28A | Herrengasse