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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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Pfarrkirche
North of the Rathausplatz is the 12th-century Pfarrkirche, a Gothic building later 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. A cable car takes you up, but it's also easy to walk.
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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
Displays on the history of Gmunden and the salt trade, as well as a gallery.
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