Wels - Stadtplatz

The historical Stadtplatz, partly pedestrianized, lined with handsome burghers' houses and shaped more like a street than a square, forms the central axis of the town. At the western end stands the Ledererturm (1376), the town's symbol; like the Wasserturm (1577) it forms part of the old medieval walls, parts of which remain. On the southern side of the square stand two fine Baroque buildings, the stately Kremsmünsterer Hof, once the town house of Kremsmünster Abbey, and the Rathaus (1748), in front of which stands the Stadtbrunnen, a reconstruction of the original fountain of 1593.