--- title: "Salzgasse mit \"Reiha\"" url: "https://www.muehlviertel.at/en/oesterreich-poi/detail/430027825/salzgasse-mit-reiha.html" description: "If you walk through the city with your eyes open, you will discover small, mostly wooden doors between the individual houses. There are also a few of them here in Salzgasse. At house no. 20, you can take a look inside and guess what purpose these gaps, which the people of Freistadt call \"Reiher\" or \"Reichn\", served back then." date: 2025-01-30 modified: 2025-04-23 --- # Salzgasse mit "Reiha" Salzgasse mit "Reiha" ======================= Freistadt, Oberösterreich, Österreich ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/227364/DF3F209D26AA4E4AFFC3A4C14A760AFA6E9210ECD8ED2F10062AA4762F7DA509/salzgasse-mit-reiha.jpg) © Open copyright © Stadtmarketing Freistadt Close copyright [ ![Salzgasse with Reiha](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/227364/DF3F209D26AA4E4AFFC3A4C14A760AFA6E9210ECD8ED2F10062AA4762F7DA509/salzgasse-mit-reiha.jpg "© Stadtmarketing Freistadt") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/227364/DF3F209D26AA4E4AFFC3A4C14A760AFA6E9210ECD8ED2F10062AA4762F7DA509/salzgasse-mit-reiha.jpg) Salzgasse 20 4240 Freistadt [ open in Google Maps ](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Salzgasse%2020%2C%204240%20Freistadt "Link will open in a new window") [ Open in Apple Maps ](https://maps.apple.com/place?address=Salzgasse%2020%2C%204240%20Freistadt "Link will open in a new window") ![](https://static.ecmaps.de/staticmap.jpg?experience=webarchitektur-meta&lat=48.5122668&lon=14.50360326&width=991&height=450&project=ttg-basemap&zoom=2000&server=meta.tourdata.at) If you walk through the city with your eyes open, you will discover small, mostly wooden doors between the individual houses. There are also a few of them here in Salzgasse. At house no. 20, you can take a look inside and guess what purpose these gaps, which the people of Freistadt call "Reiher" or "Reichn", served back then. Any ideas? The answer is as simple as it is unimaginable today: it's about the toilet facilities. From both houses, the so-called "Abrittserker" with the outhouses went out into these interspaces. What the hygienic conditions were like in the historic town at that time is left to your imagination. In any case, there are two documented plague outbreaks with over 100 deaths each. Not everything was better in the good old days... But now to the place where the oldest building in the city stood! [ Contact ](#ttgCollapseKontakt) ---------------------------------- **Salzgasse mit "Reiha"** Salzgasse 20 4240 Freistadt Phone [ +43 7942 72506 - 61 ](tel:+4379427250661) E-Mail [stadtmarketing@freistadt.ooe.gv.at](#mailto) Web [freistadt.city/](https://freistadt.city/ "New window") https://freistadt.city/ --- **Contact person** Stadtmarketing Freistadt Hauptplatz 1 Phone [ +43 7942 72506 - 61 ](tel:+4379427250661) E-Mail [stadtmarketing@freistadt.ooe.gv.at](#mailto) Web [freistadt.city/](https://freistadt.city/ "New window") --- **We speak the following languages** German [ Opening hours ](#ttgCollapseOeffnungszeiten) ------------------------------------------------ Open to the public, can only be viewed from the outside - open to the public - Can only be viewed from outside [ Arrival ](#ttgCollapseAnreise) ---------------------------------- [ Suitability ](#ttgCollapseEignung) -------------------------------------- - All weather [ Accessibility ](#ttgCollapseBarrierefreiheit) ------------------------------------------------- Please get in touch for more information. [ Discover more ](#ttgCollapseMeineEmpfehlungen) -------------------------------------------------- [ © Open copyright © Copyright: OÖTM Röbl Close copyright ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/660x495/227354/BB86BFF2FABD06380503571D79ABF4488E5092FDE7C723EB75BDC09E36848749/bierstachelnstadtschmiede-freistadt.jpg "Bierstacheln_Stadtschmiede Freistadt (© Copyright: OÖTM Röbl)") Alte Schmiede und Scheiblingturm Freistadt ](https://www.muehlviertel.at/en/search-accommodation/oesterreich-poi/detail/430027817/alte-schmiede-und-scheiblingturm-freistadt.html) [ © Open copyright © Copyright: Stadtmarketing Freistadt Close copyright ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/660x495/248402/D0E9586965FD020D9782A6DFE69325C174528DD5637A6A0DE517F8184F0D26B5/freistadtstadtgeschichtenstreifzugtitelbild.jpg "Freistadt_Stadtgeschichten_Streifzug_cover_image (© Copyright: Stadtmarketing Freistadt)") Stadtgeschichten - Streifzug durch Freistadt ](https://www.muehlviertel.at/en/search-accommodation/oesterreich-tour/detail/430007752/stadtgeschichten-streifzug-durch-freistadt.html) 1. 2. [To the website](https://freistadt.city/ "New window") powered by [TOURDATA](https://www.tourdata.at "New window") [Suggest a change](#mailto) [ ![TOURDATA Logo](https://www.muehlviertel.at/fileadmin/templates/global/images/Logo-Tourdata.png "TOURDATA Logo") ](https://www.tourdata.at "New window")