Henkershaus

In the narrow alley, called Schwedengasse, write next to the town wall, there is a little house with a sign “Bistro de la Tour” on it – in the middle ages it was the house of town executioners! Back then it was a very important job for every town, but also one which was kind of frowned upon – no one really wanted to have anything to do with an executioner… That’s why they had their own table at the local tavern, their own place in the church and their houses were located right next to, if not on the other side of the town wall – as it is in the old town of Krems.