Landeszeughaus

The Landeszeughaus in Graz was built in the years 1642 to 1647 and was once the central arms depot of Styria. The weapons and accessories stored in it were used to equip the Styrian provincial detachment and supply the military border established in the sixteenth century to defend the Ottoman Empire in today's states of Croatia and Hungary. With its 32,000 exhibits of all kinds, the Landeszeughaus is the largest armory in the world, largely preserved in its original state. The house is today part of the Universalmuseum Joanneum and annually attracts thousands of tourists and lovers of historical weapons from all over the world. Today, the arsenal in Graz with about 32,000 exhibits houses the world's largest historically grown collection of protective weapons (about 3,840 armor, helmets, ring armor and shields ), edged weapons (2,414 pieces), polearms (5,395 pieces), guns (3,867 units), guns (4,259 units) and firearm components of all kinds (alone 3,449 powder and Zündkrautflaschen and cartridges quiver), With this stock it would still be possible to equip around 5,000 men. The focus is armor pieces and weapons for the simple foot and horse soldiers from the 16th and 17th centuries. But also officer weapons can be found in the collection, which - often richly decorated - come from workshops in Innsbruck, Augsburg or Nuremberg.