260: Linz – General Information

General Information:

• Federal State: Upper Austria
  • State capital
• Population: 203,000 (2017)
  • Third largest city in Austria after Vienna and Graz
• Distance from Vienna:
  • Train: 1:10 – 1:30 hours
  • Personal car: 2:10 h (approx. 185 km)
  • Car License Plate: L
• Geographical situation:
  • Alpine mountain region
  • Height above sea level: 266 m
  • Danube river passes through the middle of the city
• Climate:
  • Oceanic climate
• Districts: 16

Tourist attractions and historical places:

Streets & Squares & Markets:

• Altstadt (Old Town, Historic Center)
• Main square (Hauptplatz)
• Blumauerplatz
• Bischofstraße
• Landstraße
• Taubenmarkt

Historical buildings and symbols:

• Old Town Hall
• Renaissance houses
• Castle (Schloss)
• Mozarthaus
• The former townhouse of Kremsmünster Abbey
• Brucknerhaus
• Kirchmayr House
• Feichtinger House with its carillon
• Schmidtberger House
• Kremsmünsterer Haus
• Landhaus
• Bridgehead buildings
• Linz State Theatre (Linzer Landestheater)
• Hitler buildings (Hitlerbauten)
• Franz-Josef-Warte am Linzer Freinberg

Statues, wells, fountains, doors, chapels, monuments:

• Plague column (Pestsäule) / Holy Trinity (Dreifaltigkeitssäule)

Museums:

• Lentos Art Museum, modern art
• AEC: Ars Electronica Center
• City Museum (Stadtmuseum) Nordico
• Upper Austrian Regional Museum (Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum)
• Upper Austrian museum of literature (Oberösterrreischisches Literaturmuseum)

Schools and Universities:

• JKU: Johannes Kepler University Linz
• Linz Art University

Parks & Landmarks:

• Donau Park
• Botanischer Garten
• Linzer Tiergarten
• Volksgarten

Churches & Religious centers:

• Church of Ignatius, Jesuit Church (Old Cathedral)
• Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (New Cathedral)
  • The largest church in Austria and the second highest church after St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna
• Sankt/Saint Martins church
• Mary's Cathedral (Mariä-Empfängnis-Dom / Mariendom)
• Pöstlingberg-Kirche

Cemeteries:

• Friedhof Linz (St. Barbara)
• Jüdischer Friedhof
• Stadtfriedhof Linz (St. Martin/ Park der Begegnung)

Excitement and fun:

• Pöstlingbergbahn (steepest mountain rail in the world)
• Grottenbahn
• Linzer Stadion, Gugl Stadium - LASK (Linzer Athletik Sport Klub)

Foods, Snacks, Sweets and Drinks (Alcoholic, Non-Alcoholic):

• Rindsuppe
• Rindsgulasch
• Tafelspitz
• Fried chicken (Backhendl)
• Erdäpfelkäs
• Bauernkrapfen
• Mozartkugel
• Linzer torte
• Knödel
• Strudel
• Linz beer