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Hammer and compasses ….

… and key and pliers: the merchants house originally was destined to house a hardware store. Metal in multiple shapes adorns the art nouveau facade of the house in Demianiplatz built in 1901. Much earlier there was a wooden sign showing an ostrich. The pretty bird holding a horse shoe in his beak was upposed to draw customers to the pub of the same name. Today the place has gone back to the roots – the hotel „Golden Ostrich“ invites visitors to stay while the wooden sign has been integrated into a display on city history housed in the Kaisertrutz bastion.