--- title: Ledererturm Tower url: "https://www.upperaustria.com/en/oesterreich-poi/detail/400641/ledererturm-tower.html" description: "?In the 13th century city walls surrounded the Welser citizens. For centuries, the four city towers – Schmidturm, Fischerturm, Traunturm and Ledererturm – watched over the happenings and events of the city. In the 19th century, three of them were removed. Only the Leatherer-Tower (Ledererturm) remained a landmark. It has its name from the suburb \"quarter amongst the leatherers\"." date: 2017-02-22 modified: 2026-03-18 --- # Ledererturm Tower Ledererturm Tower =================== Wels, Oberösterreich, Österreich ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/204115/6CA9EF6D54EE065037A0CE3CD711B373823BDBE14C5F3AFF1AD874E5E5D0B370/paarwels2oberoesterreichtourismusregionwelsrobertjosipovic-jpg.jpg) ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/204116/64907893EDAB9F0C5D11B340D623BC90711B8D98339A32836417D4A6966B4677/rennradregionwelspaarrennradausfahrtledererturmtourismusverbandregionwels-png.png) ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/204118/9C8988C9900A535328BE94F7D0E3189A2EC11D7B0CC40180FBD700A68080B5AD/ledererturmquerformattourismusverbandregionwels.jpg) © Open copyright © Oberösterreich Tourismus/Region Wels/Robert Josipovic Close copyright [ ![Photo Oberösterreich Tourismus/Region Wels/Robert Josipovic: Couple in the historic city centre of Wels in front of the Lederer Tower.](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/204115/6CA9EF6D54EE065037A0CE3CD711B373823BDBE14C5F3AFF1AD874E5E5D0B370/paarwels2oberoesterreichtourismusregionwelsrobertjosipovic-jpg.jpg "© Oberösterreich Tourismus/Region Wels/Robert Josipovic") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/204115/6CA9EF6D54EE065037A0CE3CD711B373823BDBE14C5F3AFF1AD874E5E5D0B370/paarwels2oberoesterreichtourismusregionwelsrobertjosipovic-jpg.jpg) © Open copyright © Tourismusverband Region Wels Close copyright [ ![Couple setting off on a road bike ride, with the Lederer tower of the historic town square of Wels in the background.](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/204116/64907893EDAB9F0C5D11B340D623BC90711B8D98339A32836417D4A6966B4677/rennradregionwelspaarrennradausfahrtledererturmtourismusverbandregionwels-png.png "© Tourismusverband Region Wels") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/204116/64907893EDAB9F0C5D11B340D623BC90711B8D98339A32836417D4A6966B4677/rennradregionwelspaarrennradausfahrtledererturmtourismusverbandregionwels-png.png) [ ![Lederer tower on Wels town square](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/204118/9C8988C9900A535328BE94F7D0E3189A2EC11D7B0CC40180FBD700A68080B5AD/ledererturmquerformattourismusverbandregionwels.jpg) ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/204118/9C8988C9900A535328BE94F7D0E3189A2EC11D7B0CC40180FBD700A68080B5AD/ledererturmquerformattourismusverbandregionwels.jpg) © Open copyright © Wels Marketing & Touristik GmbH Close copyright [ ![Overview of the Wels Christmas world on the town square](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/204117/E6B9E6ED5688F79CB8C0C3E4A28E30E521723A7FE855AA77AB29CAD828C8228E/welserweihnachtsweltbergweihnachtueberblickledererturmwmt2-jpg.jpg "© Wels Marketing & Touristik GmbH") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/204117/E6B9E6ED5688F79CB8C0C3E4A28E30E521723A7FE855AA77AB29CAD828C8228E/welserweihnachtsweltbergweihnachtueberblickledererturmwmt2-jpg.jpg) 1. 2. 3. 4. Stadtplatz 4600 Wels [ open in Google Maps ](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Stadtplatz%2C%204600%20Wels "Link will open in a new window") [ Open in Apple Maps ](https://maps.apple.com/place?address=Stadtplatz%2C%204600%20Wels "Link will open in a new window") ![](https://static.ecmaps.de/staticmap.jpg?experience=webarchitektur-meta&lat=48.156066249768145&lon=14.022910594940186&width=991&height=450&project=ttg-basemap&zoom=2000&server=meta.tourdata.at) ?In the 13th century city walls surrounded the Welser citizens. For centuries, the four city towers – Schmidturm, Fischerturm, Traunturm and Ledererturm – watched over the happenings and events of the city. In the 19th century, three of them were removed. Only the Leatherer-Tower (Ledererturm) remained a landmark. It has its name from the suburb "quarter amongst the leatherers". The Leatherer-Tower remained the only one of the four city towers, while the other three were demolished in the course of the 19th century. Today it is THE trademark of Wels. The name of the gateway through the Ledererturm, mentioned for the first time on 24 July 1326, comes from the suburb district "Unter den Lederern", “Amongst the leatherers”, (today's Fabrikstrasse and Schwimmschulgasse), where there were numerous leather workshops. In 1610, the tower was heavily damaged during a vain attack on the town by the "Passauer Kriegsvolk" and threatened to collapse. Through a reconstruction in the years 1616 to 1619 by the Wels master brick mason Marx Martin Spaz from Linz, the Leatherer-Tower got its present form (wedge stone of the gate with the date of the year 1618). The nearly 38-meter-high building on an almost square floor plan consists of horizontal floors, each with a window on the east and west sides in three of its four floors. On the fourth floor is the clock tower. The gate has a row of rustic tiles, which are pointed at the arch, and the corners of the tower are emphasized by cuboids just as well. [ Contact ](#ttgCollapseKontakt) ---------------------------------- **Ledererturm Tower** Stadtplatz 4600 Wels Phone [ +43 7242 67722 - 22 ](tel:+4372426772222) E-Mail [info@wels.at](#mailto) Web [www.wels.at](https://www.wels.at "New window") https://www.wels.at --- **Contact person** Dr. Renate Miglbauer Ledererturm Stadtplatz 4600 Wels Phone [ +43 7242 67722 - 22 ](tel:+4372426772222) E-Mail [info@wels.at](#mailto) Web [www.wels.at](https://www.wels.at "New window") --- **We speak the following languages** German [ Opening hours ](#ttgCollapseOeffnungszeiten) ------------------------------------------------ - Can only be viewed from outside [ Arrival ](#ttgCollapseAnreise) ---------------------------------- **Parking**- Parking space: 40 [ Accessibility ](#ttgCollapseBarrierefreiheit) ------------------------------------------------- Not suitable for wheelchairs. The property is not compliant with Austria's ÖNORM legal standard. 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