Memorial for the Lamprechtshausen July Putsch 1934

The memorial in the "Stadlerkurve" commemorates the Nazi putsch attempt in July 1934. During the 1930s, Nazi agitation in Austria gradually increased. A provisional climax was marked by the events of July 25, 1934. Austrian National Socialists entered the Federal Chancellery with the aim of overthrowing the government and shot Engelbert Dollfuß. The authorities crushed the putsch attempt within a few days, arresting the putschists. However, in some Salzburg communities such as Lamprechtshausen, Mattsee, and Seekirchen, violent clashes also occurred. In Lamprechtshausen, these began in the evening of July 27, 1934. Forty partly armed SA men occupied the gendarmerie post, overran the post office, and took locally known Austro-fascists as hostages. Upon becoming known, home defense troops arrived and began shelling the putschists, who then withdrew to the Stadler inn. The next morning, the federal army, a gendarmerie patrol, and another home defense unit advanced; after renewed gunfire, the rebels were arrested. In the process, two federal army soldiers and five putschists died.