Tauernstraßenmuseum im Fürstenkasten
Museum in the Fürstenkasten of Eben im Pongau on the 2,000-year history of the Tauern road; currently closed, the roof needs to be replaced.
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About the museum
The Fürstenkasten was built in 1557 as a three-storey masonry granary at the Gasthofgut in Eben im Pongau. The estate was originally the seat of a Urbarpropstei (manorial provostry) of Admont Abbey, later passed to the Archdiocese of Salzburg and served as an administrative and tithe office for the forests in the Fritztal. The granary remained under the administration of the Hofkammer until 1848 and is also called the Fürstenstadl. Coat-of-arms frescoes, a sundial and a view of Radstadt decorate the façade.
A museum on the history of the Tauern road was set up in the building. The municipality of Eben acquired the house in 2009. The exhibition spans Roman Alpine roads, the Migration Period and pack-animal traffic, medieval trade and transport, agricultural utility vehicles and postal traffic over the Radstädter Tauern, up to the history of the Tauern motorway. Added to this are medieval life, illustrated by the Gasthofgut, and the theme "The Road as Fate", with the Peasants' Wars and the lot of Protestants in the Pongau.
The museum is currently closed. According to a press report from April 2026, the roof is increasingly leaking and will soon have to be re-covered to protect the exhibition; when and how things will continue is uncertain.
Highlights
- Masonry granary from 1557 with coat-of-arms frescoes
- 2,000 years of Tauern road history
- Postal traffic over the Radstädter Tauern
- History of the Tauern motorway
Permanent exhibition
- Geschichte der Tauernstraße – From Roman Alpine roads through pack-animal traffic, postal traffic and agricultural vehicles to the Tauern motorway.
- Operated by
- Gemeinde Eben im Pongau
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The museum is in the Gasthofberg district and can be reached via the access road to the Landzeit Eben-Nord motorway service area (motorway vignette required).
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