On the outside walls of St. Stephan’s church various valuable epitaphs can be found, among them the one of Hans Steininger, the “man with the long beard“. He was a famous mayor of Braunau in the 16th century and died in a great fire when tripping over his 2-metre long beard. Today the 445-year old beard is kept in the town museum and Steininger has become one of the town’s most famous inhabitants.