Doppelhaus mit Gortana-Passage und ehemaliges Gasthaus "zum grünen Baum"

Stadtplatz 43: former inn "zum grünen Baum"

In the late Middle Ages, this building belonged to the noble Haunold family and was first mentioned in a document in 1435. At that time, it was owned by the widow of Kaspar Haunold. It was not until fifty years later that the house passed into the hands of middle-class owners. From the end of the 17th century, innkeepers are known to have owned the house, including the Baroque painter Wolfgang Andreas Heindl. In addition to his artistic activities, he ran an inn here to earn a living until his death in 1757. From 1788, the inn was known as "Zum Grünen Baum". The now largely forgotten poet and translator Camillo Valerian Susan spent his childhood and teenage years in this house. In 1894, the building became the property of its neighbour Adolf Gortana (no. 44) and was also united with the neighbouring house a year later through a land register entry.

Stadtplatz 44: Bürgerhaus

This building was owned by Hans Haunold, a patrician from Wels and son of Dietrich Haunold, in 1435. As early as 1452, however, it was transferred to Peter Motschier, a merchant who had moved up to farmland. Around 1485, Erasm Stainprugker, the market judge of Peuerbach, became the successor to this property in the family. Around 1600, the house came into the possession of Christoph Hinderhofer, who was active in the town council for decades. Among other things, he organised the renovation of the Lederer Tower between 1615 and 1617. Shortly after taking office as mayor, he died in the middle of 1623. From 1633, the well-known trading house Viatis & Peller from Nuremberg rented the building. Its factor Jacob Anreither integrated the numerous linen weavers from the city and the surrounding area into an efficient publishing system. In this way, early capitalism spread to Wels. Shortly afterwards, the factor acquired the Alt-Traunegg estate in the west of the city. His gravestone in the choir of the parish church commemorates him. At the same time, the place was used by a smith and ironmonger. Several representatives of this trade also practised hospitality, which is why the inn became known as "Zum Goldenen Mond".