ÖZKD LXXVIII 2024 Heft 4, pp. 41-48, 2025/02/12
Vernakuläre Architektur
Dialekte der Bauernhaus-Landschaft in Österreich
The Tauern houses Schößwend and Spital, located on the north side of the Felbertauern, were already being used during the Middle Ages as a resting point for freight haulers and traders. They arose from former “Schwaigen” (stockyards), and the Salzburg sovereigns entrusted them with certain tasks meant to protect and supply the traders on the often long, difficult passing routes. Since the sovereigns had an economic interest in the trade route remaining functional, they supplied the former stockyards with natural produce. Both Tauern houses Schößwend and Spital, together with their outbuildings, bear witness to a complex business enterprise with a continuity that has lasted for centuries. They have been preserved in an authentic overall condition, allowing them to impressively demonstrate the design features and creative preferences of the late Middle Ages and the early modern era.
