Red house, Heritage building in Dornbirn, Austria.

The Red House stands at Marktplatz 13 and features a striking red facade with decorated roof beams showing traditional architectural elements. The structure spans multiple stories with characteristic timber details and represents the building style of its era.

Michael Danner and his wife Verena, née Rhomberg, built the house in 1639 as a Rheintalhaus in Strickbauweise, using it as a dwelling, inn and dance venue. It later became a centre of Dornbirn's municipal politics, and its outside staircase served for official proclamations. In 1771 the purchase freeing Dornbirn from the rule of the Counts of Ems took place in the Red House. In 1954 August Rhomberg and the architect Elfriede Rhomberg bought and restored it, saving it from demolition.

The building displays four-part window groups and traditional timber construction methods that represent early modern architecture in the Vorarlberg region. These construction techniques were typical for wealthy merchant houses of that era.

The building sits in a pedestrian-friendly zone near St. Martin parish church and is easy to reach. From this location you can easily visit other cultural venues like the City Museum and galleries.

The red paint no longer uses real ox blood; the source notes that genuine Stierblut has not been used to colour the walls since the early modern period. The name survives, but the pigment behind it is a later substitute.