Salzstadel, Medieval salt storehouse in Regensburg, Germany

The Salzstadel is a large municipal salt warehouse built between 1616 and 1620 east of Regensburg's Stone Bridge. It has three storeys and five attic levels under a steep saddle roof with a hipped west gable and two rows of five shed dormers. Three rows of pillars divide the ground floor into three aisles, carrying oak beams; the upper floors also use oak posts.

Regensburg regained control of the salt trade in 1614 after 21 years under the Duchy of Bavaria, and built the municipal Salzstadel between 1616 and 1620 as a reply to the Bavarian salt warehouse in Stadtamhof. When it was filled in 1619, miscalculated statics caused beams to break and the north walls to bulge; extra stone pillars and undergirding beams, still visible today, stabilized it. The building was finished in 1620 at a cost of 10,000 guilders, and a winch with a surviving wooden wheel was added in 1649.

The name Salzstadel refers to the salt warehouse built by the city between 1616 and 1620, after Regensburg regained control of the salt trade from the Duchy of Bavaria in 1614. Salt from Salzburg, Hallstatt and Berchtesgaden arrived by horse-drawn salt trains on the Salzach, Inn and Danube and was unloaded here by cranes. Since 2011 the building has housed the Besucherzentrum Welterbe Regensburg, the visitor centre for the UNESCO World Heritage site.

The Salzstadel stands east of the Stone Bridge in Regensburg's old town, and the Brückturm attached to it is entered through the building. The lower level holds a restaurant and several shops, while the upper floor has halls rented for exhibitions, lectures and conferences. Since 2011 the building has housed the Regensburg World Heritage visitor centre.

The wooden winch wheel installed in 1649 is still visible inside. When the store was first filled with salt up to the second attic floor in 1619, the miscalculated statics gave way: beams broke and the north walls bulged. Extra stone pillars and girders added in the repair remain visible in the lower floor today.