St Pölten - Riemerplatz

In the center of the St Pölten old town, with its fine Baroque buildings, lies the little Riemerplatz, built as the center of the 11th C. episcopal settlement at the meeting place of the Wiener Strasse and the Linzer Strasse. Beautiful palaces with Baroque fronts, wrought iron balconies and interior courtyards surround the square. In 1987 the area between the Riemerplatz and the Herrenplatz to its east (note the Mariensäule - a column bearing a figure of the Virgin - of 1718) was redesigned, and the centerpiece of the Riemerplatz which now catches the eye is a statue by the Dutch sculptor Hein Mader.