Sights in Gmunden
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Museum Für Historische Sanitärobjeckte
The Museum für Historische Sanitärobjeckte is basically a monumental collection of toilets. Here you can discover the difference between ‘wash-down’ and ‘wash-out’ models, and if you thought the latter with its flat poop deck and horizontal splash is just an anally obsessive Central European quirk, this museum vividly explodes the myth. The British were perching on these in the 19th century.
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Seeschloss Ort
On the western shore, a pretty nature reserve known as Toscana Park forms a backdrop to Seeschloss Ort. This castle on the lake is believed to have been built on the ruins of a Roman fortress. It dates from 909 or earlier (rebuilt in the 17th century after a fire) and has a picturesque courtyard, a late-Gothic external staircase and sgraffito from 1578.
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Stadtmuseum Gmunden
By May 2008 the Museum for Historical Sanitary Objects will be housed in the same building as the Stadtmuseum Gmunden; the museum is closed for renovation until then. Once it opens you can expect displays on the history of Gmunden and the salt trade, as well as a gallery.
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Pfarrkirche
Pfarrkirche, a Gothic building remodelled as baroque and sporting an altar (dating from 1678) by the baroque sculptor Thomas Schwanthaler (1634–1707).
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Schloss Weyer
Flanking the lake on the eastern side, the Renaissance castle Schloss Weyer has a sizeable collection of porcelain, silver and jewellery.
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