Historical Customs and Finance Collection

1: Tax and Revenue Office Urfahr, Kaarstraße 21, 4040 Linz
2: Provincial department of taxes, Zollamtstraße 7, 4020 Linz
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1. Opening hours Kaarstraße

Mon – Fri 7.30 am. to 12 noon
Closed on Sat, Sun, Holidays

2. Opening hours Zollamtstraße

Mon – Fri 7 am. to 3 pm.
Closed on Sat, Sun, Holidays

Free admission

Appointments are required: tel. +43 (0)732/7605-2453, Fax +43 (0)732/7605-2668

Uniforms, weapons, equipments such as typewriters, calculating machines, office signs, files, laws, seals and stamps were part of a customs officer’s working day in former times. Also the ‚black’ side of the customs collection is shown: confiscated smuggled goods.

Picture:
Large Austrian border sign, around 1836.
The cast-iron sign shows the Austrian national coat of arms:
crowned and armored double eagle with the emblem of the imperial family of Austria-Habsburg-Lothringen, the chain of the Golden Fleece and emblems of Austria’s former crown lands.