Hofgasse 9, Heritage protected townhouse in Linz, Austria.

Hofgasse 9 is a Late Renaissance corner house built from 1616 to 1619, with three exposed facades and a slightly trapezoidal plan under a hipped roof. The Hofgasse front has unevenly spaced window axes and a round corner oriel resting on a shell and ashlar base. Its segmental-arched portal carries a classicist door dated 1837, and a red marble tablet above names Erasmus the Elder Starhemberg, 1619.

The house was documented as owned by the noble Starhemberg family from 1401 to 1593, then passed to the Upper Austrian Estates, Hans Jörger, the Jesuits, the Losenstein and the Auersperg princes before bourgeois ownership from 1786. Declared dilapidated in 1599, the present Late Renaissance building was erected from 1616 to 1619, with alterations in the 18th and early 19th centuries and a converted attic in 1961.

The house takes its name from the Starhemberg family, who held it from 1401 to 1593 and again from 1616 to 1625. A red marble tablet above the main portal on Hofgasse records a Latin building inscription naming Erasmus the Elder Starhemberg and the year 1619.

The building sits in the city center and is easily reached on foot with nearby transportation connections available. As a protected monument, visitors should approach with respect and understanding of its heritage status.

The house holds entry number 37661 in Austria's national register of protected monuments. This official designation documents its status as an architecturally valuable element worthy of preservation.