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impression than its component Visitors’ CheCkList
parts would suggest, although
many of its buildings are worth a Practical Information
closer look. The Gothic Altes road map E3.
Rathaus (Old Town Hall) at No. 1 * 195,000. n Hauptplatz 1,
was built around 1513, and still (0732) 7070-2009.
has the original octagonal tower _ Pflasterspektakel (end Jul);
with an astronomical clock. In the Brucknerfest (Sep); Ars electronica
17th century, the town hall was (Sep). ∑ linz.at
given a new façade supported Transport
by columns. Other interesting k @ £ g
buildings are the Gothic and
Baroque houses, including
The Planet Fountain in the inner courtyard Feichtingerhaus, a former mail inn the local council and all citizens,
of the Landhaus (No. 21), a Gothic building with an in thanksgiving for sparing Linz
early-Baroque façade. The Plague and the Linzers from three deadly
Baroque style in 1751–8, the Column (1723) in the centre of disasters: war, fire and the Black
church has an unusual façade the square was funded jointly by Death plague.
with oval telescopes between the
storeys. The lovely Rococo interior
is decorated with charming
stuccowork and paintings by
Martin Johann Schmidt and
Bartolomeo Altomonte.
P Hauptplatz
Hauptplatz, in Linz’s Old Town,
is one of Austria’s finest squares
and considered to be one of the
foremost achievements of town
planning. It is 220 m (720 ft) long
and 60 m (200 ft) wide, and
overall it creates a much stronger Hauptplatz with its Baroque Plague Column

Linz City Centre
1 Martinskirche
2 Schloss Pöstlingberg L I N KE DONAUSTRASSE
3 Landhaus K I R C HENGASSE
4 Hauptplatz FIEDLER STR.
5 Alter Dom Neues HAUPTSTRASSE Ars Electronica Lentos
6 Stadtpfarrkirche Rathaus Center Kunstmuseum
7 Landesmuseum OBERE DONAU STRASS E Nibelungen-
FA BR IK S T R A S S E
brücke
8 Stadtmuseum Nordico UNTERE D O NA UL Ä N D E
9 Seminarkirche Do nau ( Danu b e)
0 Neuer Dom ZOLLAMTST R .
O B E R E D O N A U L Ä N D E HOFGASSE PFARRPLATZ
q Ars Electronica Center LED E R E R G A S S E K AISE RG
Altes Rathaus
Stadtpfarrkirche
Schloss DOMGASSE GRABEN MUSEUMSTRASSE A SSE
Landesmuseum
TUMMEL- PLATZ KLOSTER- PLATZ GRABEN POCHESTR.
Martinskirche SCHLOSS- A LT S TA D T HAUPT- Alter Dom
BERG
GASSE
RÖM E R STRASS E THEATER- STRASSE Stadtmuseum FADI N G ER ST R AS SE
Nordico
FLÜG E L H O F GASSE A S SE P R OME- NADE Landhaus BETHLEHEM- STRASSE
L E S S IN G STR KA Landes- LAND Seminar- HARR AC H S TR ASS E
theater
T IEFER GRA B EN
kirche
0 metres 200 KLAMMSTR SPITTELWIESE STRASS DAMETZSTRASSE
STEIN- GASSE BISCHOFSTRASSE E
0 yards 200 WALTHERSTRASSE HERRENSTR
RUDIGIERSTRASSE Hauptbahnhof
HIRSCHGASSE P UZINERST R A SSE
1.5 km (1 mile)
B AUMBAC HS T RA SS E ASSE
Neuer
Dom
STIFTERSTRASSE
For map symbols see back flap
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