Getreidegasse

Getreidegasse (Grain Lane) is a busy shopping street in the historic Altstadt (Old Town) of Salzburg, Austria, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996.

Getreidegasse runs parallel to, but one block back from, the Salzach river and today is part of a large pedestrian zone in the Old Town quarter.

First mentioned as Trabegasse (derived from traben 'to trot') about 1150, when it led from the historic Salzburg trade centre to the northwestern suburb of Mülln, its name was changed several times before it became the Getreidegasse.

[1] The citizens received staple rights by the prince-archbishops in the 14th century, whereafter several large trading houses began to display their goods along the road.

A large number of the historic residential houses have been turned into commercial premises in recent decades.