Fits

Around 400 elec­tronic keys are used in the Mira­bell Palace to unlock the elec­tro­ni­cally secured doors. Around 300 employees and poli­tical party members come in and out of the buil­dings.

The baroque Mira­bell Palace complex is one of the city’s most popular tourist attrac­tions, while also fulfil­ling its role as a state-of-the-art admi­nis­tra­tive and govern­ment base. The ground floor of the buil­ding houses the depart­ments with high levels of public traffic, such as the pass­port office or the city treasury. As these are sensi­tive areas that must be easily acces­sible to citi­zens on the one hand, but also effec­tively protected against unwanted access on the other, safety and secu­rity pose a parti­cular chall­enge here. 

In order to resolve the appa­rent contra­dic­tion between secure locking and citizen-orien­tated service and to save costs in the process, the decision was made in 2006 to imple­ment an elec­tronic blue­Chip locking system from Wink­haus. Since then, this system has secured the outer skin and was already compa­tible with the exis­ting alarm system back then.

Today, the blueSmart system, the next gene­ra­tion of Wink­haus elec­tronic access control systems, is used. It is also compa­tible with exis­ting secu­rity systems.

With their unob­tru­sive design, the flush-mounted elec­tronic blueSmart door cylin­ders do not inter­fere with the appearance of the historic doors in the Mira­bell Palace. No wiring is required, because the battery-operated cylin­ders work off-line. They are also cold-resistant and low-main­ten­ance: The batte­ries have a service life of up to 10 years, depen­ding on the type. There is no need to oil the cylin­ders, as is the case with mecha­nical locking systems, as the tip of the elec­tronic key is made of plastic and does not cause metal abra­sion on the contact surfaces.

Since access control has been reliable from the very begin­ning, nume­rous expan­sions have been added over the years. More than 430 cylin­ders now secure the palace complex.

Around four hundred elec­tronic keys are used in the Mira­bell Palace to unlock the elec­tro­ni­cally secured doors. Around three hundred employees, the mayor, the local coun­cil­lors and poli­tical party members come in and out of the buil­dings. The premises are also used by external orga­ni­sa­tions and the church, for example.

Only a flexible locking system is able to reliably manage access for so many diffe­rent groups. Wink­haus blueSmart supports users with a variable colour concept: The elec­tronic keys have diffe­rent colours that enable precise assign­ment to the indi­vi­dual user groups. Employee keys also contain an addi­tional trans­ponder for time recor­ding.

All keys feature an espe­ci­ally sturdy plastic casing that is water­proof (IP 68) and resistant to hand disin­fec­tants, is easy to clean and easy to grip.

They are simple to use, with a system based on the usual locking beha­viour: The key is simply inserted and turned. The authen­ti­ca­tion check takes place in the back­ground and unno­ticed by the user.

Access to sports in Salz­burg is simi­larly well orga­nised as access to Mira­bell Palace. This is espe­ci­ally true for the Volks­garten outdoor pool, the Red Bull ice arena and the Liefe­ring sports centre.

The sports faci­li­ties in the Mozart city are much younger than the palace. The Volks­garten swim­ming pool dates back to the late 19th century, the Red Bull ice arena was built in the 1960s, while the Liefe­ring sports centre was built just a few years ago.

The outdoor pool, which Salz­burg locals affec­tion­a­tely call “Volksi”, has grown over the decades and was also fitted with an elec­tronic locking system in 2020. An upload reader and thirty blueSmart door cylin­ders secure the outdoor and indoor areas.

Salzburg’s ice rink is located in the imme­diate vici­nity. It offers space for 3,400 spec­ta­tors and was converted into a multi-func­tional arena at the start of the mill­en­nium. Profes­sio­nals and amateurs of all ages from various clubs train here.

The requi­re­ments for access manage­ment are ther­e­fore high. The two ice rinks, one of which is outdoors, offer a wide range of ice sports acti­vi­ties: in addi­tion to public and forma­tion ice skating, these include ice hockey, figure skating, curling and short track.

Trade fairs, concerts, musi­cals and exhi­bi­tions are also held here in the summer months from April to September.

Access is controlled by almost 300 elec­tronic door cylin­ders, which mini­mise the risk of injury from crushed fingers and offer little surface for acci­dental or inten­tional damage, as well as three blueSmart upload readers. 

In the admi­nis­tra­tion area, the doors are equipped with elec­tronic door handles (ETB-IM). In addi­tion to the elec­tronic blueSmart keys, employees also use trans­pon­ders to unlock doors without touching them.

In 2016, a sports hall was built as a posi­tive energy buil­ding for the first time in Austria in the form of the Liefe­ring sports centre. It meets the Smart City stan­dards and has been awarded the CLIMATE ACTIVE GOLD STANDARD.

The buil­ding gene­rates more energy than it needs itself. Its three-field sports hall offers space for nume­rous sports and is also geared towards disabled sports. A move­ment room and office space for the clubs complete the range of faci­li­ties.