Graf Salm

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Statue of Niklas Count Salm on Rathhausplatz in the 1st district of Vienna. The count is depicted in armor with a helmet at his feet. The monument from 1867 was made by Matthias Purkarthofer and was located on the Elisabeth Bridge until 1897.

Niklas Count of Salm (1459-1530) was a general of the Renaissance. His most important success was the defense of the imperial capital Vienna against the Turkish siege of 1529. He was one of the commanders at the beginning of the First Austrian Turkish War. In 1529, during the first Turkish siege of Vienna, he organized the successful defense of the city, for which he was enfeoffed in the same year with the imperial county of Neuburg. The consequences of an injury suffered from a falling stone during the defense of the city, but also the hardships he had endured during his long career as a soldier, finally led to his death in 1530.