Wirerstraße 12
The District Court of Bad Ischl was originally the "New Town Hall of Ischl". It was sold by the municipality to the imperial and royal treasury for 12,000 gulden in a deed dated 20 June 1854. Since then, the district court has been located in the building. In 1896, a prison was added, which contained 15 cells for a maximum of 60 prisoners. In the winter of 1964/65 the prison house was demolished. Subsequently, the building was completely renovated. In 1968, the building was probably considered the most modern court in the Higher Regional Court district.
On the ground floor of the district court, close to the stairs, behind the lift, there is an interesting stone with a small grammatical error (see below). As early as the 19th century, there has been an appeal not to take the law into one’s hands, but to apply the law to punish criminals.
Important note: the district court lobby is not open to the public! If you want to enter, please bring some kind of ID with you.
Latin text:
EMPTY
MALEFACTOR
CONDEMNABITUR
EDITO ANNO 1894
Translation:
By the law the culprit will be sentenced.
Published in 1894
Here's the mistake: “Edito” should actually be “Editum”, which means “published”,
since grammatically, it can't belong to “anno “ (in the year).
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