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presbytery contains the tomb- E Stadtmuseum Nordico
stone of Emperor Friedrich III, Dametzstrasse 23. Tel (0732) 7070-
who resided in Linz for a while. 1912. Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun
The urn containing his heart is (to 9pm Thu). & ∑ nordico.at
concealed behind a marble slab In 1675, this Baroque complex
in the church wall to the right of was the home of the college
the altar. In the eastern end of known as “Nordisches Stift”,
the south nave is the chapel of which had as its aim the
St John of Nepomuk. Its lovely education of young boys from
Baroque interior is decorated Nordic countries – hence the
with frescoes and an altar by name – and their transfor-
Bartolomeo Altomonte. St John mation into good Catholics.
of Nepomuk was one of the Today, this imposing building,
most revered saints in the now owned by the council,
Austrian empire. Many towns houses the Nordico Town
erected statues to him, and the Museum, with its collection of
Stadtpfarrkirche in Linz houses objects relating to the history
The towers of Alter Dom two of these. One stands in of Linz from ancient times
the external chapel by the onwards, including a model
R Alter Dom presbytery, probably created by of the town from 1740. The
Domgasse 3. Tel (0732) 770866-0. Georg Raphael Donner. The top floor is given over to
Open 7:30am–6:30pm daily. chapel’s architecture and dome temporary exhibitions, mainly
The capital of the archbishopric shape are the work of another of Modern art.
of Upper Austria was established Austrian master of the Baroque,
in Linz in 1783, and in 1785 the Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt. R Seminarkirche
former Jesuit church was chosen Harrachstrasse 7. Tel (0732) 771205.
as the cathedral. Ignatiuskirche, E Landesgalerie Open 7am–5pm daily.
the church of St Ignatius, was Museumstrasse 14. Tel (0732) 7720- The former Deutsch ordenkirche
built in the second half of the 52200. Open 9am–6pm Tue, Wed & (church of the Teutonic Order)
17th century to designs by Fri, 9am–9pm Thu, 10am–5pm Sat, is now a seminary church.
Pietro Francesco Carlone, and Sun & hols. & ∑ landesmuseum.at Artistically, this is the most
today its green façade and Reminiscent of a grand manor valuable historic church
onion-dome-topped twin house, this magnificent building building in Linz. It was built in
towers are distinctive features is the headquarters of the the early 18th century, to a
in the town panorama. The Oberösterreichisches (Upper design by Johann Lukas
modest exterior of the church Austria) Landes museum group, Hildebrandt. Its beautiful
conceals a beguiling Baroque which includes the museum Baroque façade is topped with
interior. The wide main nave at Linzer Schloss (see p194) the decorative coats of arms of
has three side chapels on each and the Biologiezentrum. The the Harrach family. The tower,
side. Particularly fascinating are Landesgalerie features a superb crowned with a distinctive
the beautifully engraved stalls collection of 20th-century flattened dome, is surrounded
in the presbytery, where local and contemporary art, and by sandstone statues depicting
artists carved the figures of an extensive archive of the virtues expected of a Knight
dwarfs and monsters peeping photographs, with an emphasis of the Order. The interior is in
out from behind the backrests placed on artists and works the shape of an ellipse and is
and armrests. from Upper Austria. covered with an oval dome.
From 1856 until 1868 the
composer Anton Bruckner was
the cathedral’s organist. The
present organ, by the famous
master Krismann, was altered
according to Bruckner’s
own instructions.
R Stadtpfarrkirche
Pfarrplatz 4. Tel (0732) 776120.
The parish church of the
Assumption of the Virgin Mary
(Mariä Himmelfahrt) was built in
the 13th century as a triple-nave
basilica with a Gothic presbytery,
and altered in the 17th century,
when it received a new interior
and further chapels. The The Neo-Classical façade of the Landesgalerie
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp296–7 and pp320–21

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