14 Sights in Linz, Austria (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Linz, Austria! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Linz. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

Sightseeing Tours in Linz

1. Klause Adelgunde

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The Burschenschafterturm is part of the Maximilian Tower Line in Linz, which was built in the early 19th century. As part of the Adelgunde hermitage, it represented the right connection of the fortification to the Danube. Today it serves as a memorial and museum of the German Burschenschaft.

Wikipedia: Burschenschafterturm (DE)

2. Tower I (Othilie)

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The Linz Tower Fortification or Maximilian Tower Line was a fortification built in the 1830s. It consisted of a belt of fortification towers around the city of Linz and is also known as the Danube Fortress Linz, the Entrenched Camp of Linz or the Maximilian Fortification. The towers of the complex are sometimes also referred to as Maximilian Towers.

Wikipedia: Turmbefestigung Linz (DE)

3. Linz Parish Church

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Linz Parish Church Anneli Salo / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Roman Catholic parish church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary of the city of Linz in Upper Austria was staked out during the foundation survey of the city expansion in 1207 and built as a single-nave Romanesque church building with nave and choir. Later, a new, larger Gothic choir was built and the tower was added. Today's parish church was expanded into a three-nave in the Baroque period and the choir was enlarged again.

Wikipedia: Stadtpfarrkirche (Linz) (DE), Website

4. Johannes-Kepler-Sternwarte

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The Johannes Kepler Observatory Linz is an astronomical observatory in Linz, Austria. The only publicly accessible observatory in the central region of Upper Austria is located at the southern foothills of the Freinberg at an altitude of 341 m above sea level, in the statistical district of Freinberg. The observatory is located about 2 km west of Linz's city center, near the Freinberg transmitter and the Linz stadium. It is easily accessible by public transport.

Wikipedia: Johannes-Kepler-Sternwarte Linz (DE), Website

5. forum metall

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The Donaulände, popularly known as Donaupark or Lände, is a public park in Linz, located in the city center between the Nibelungen Bridge and the VOEST Bridge on the southern bank of the Danube. The Donaulände serves as a recreation park and also as a venue for cultural events, such as the Linz Klangwolke and the Linzfest. In addition, the Donaulände is a popular meeting place for Linz's youth culture in summer.

Wikipedia: Donaulände (Linz) (DE)

6. Church of the Minor Friars

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The Linz Minorite Church, also known as the Landhauskirche, is a Roman Catholic church in the city center of Linz. The Rococo church with the patronage of the Annunciation is owned by the Upper Austrian provincial government, is a branch church of the city parish of Linz and is used by the Priestly Brotherhood of St. Peter, in whose hands the church rectorate is also located. The church building is a listed building (list entry).

Wikipedia: Minoritenkirche (Linz) (DE)

7. Synagoge der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde Linz

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The Linz Synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer located at Bethlehemstraße 26 in the town hall district of Linz. It is under the authority of the Jewish Community of Linz and was inaugurated on April 2, 1968.

Wikipedia: Synagoge (Linz) (DE)

8. Botanical Garden

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The Botanical Garden of the City of Linz dates back to 1853 and was opened in 1952 at its current location. On an area of 4.2 hectares there are more than 10,000 different plant species, with the greatest attention being paid to the cactus and orchid collection. In addition to the narrower enclosure, a 14-hectare arboretum not far from the main site is part of the grounds of the Botanical Garden.

Wikipedia: Botanischer Garten der Stadt Linz (DE), Logo, Website

9. Brucknerhaus

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Brucknerhaus No machine-readable author provided. Koenjo~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Brucknerhaus is a festival and congress centre in Linz, Austria named after the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner. The building was designed by Finnish architects Heikki and Kaija Siren. Its construction took place from 1969 to 1973. It opened on 23 March 1974.

Wikipedia: Brucknerhaus (EN), Logo, Website

10. Elisabethinenkirche

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Elisabethinenkirche Christian Wirth, Wirthi / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Roman Catholic Elisabethinenkirche is a baroque domed church in Linz (Upper Austria), whose architecture and interior decoration already show classicist influences. It is dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi. The church is located in the south-western corner of the monastery of the Elisabethinen.

Wikipedia: Elisabethinenkirche (Linz) (DE)

11. Upper Austrian Literature Museum in StifterHaus

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The Stifterhaus, built in 1844 in Linz, where Adalbert Stifter lived from 1848 until his death in 1868, now houses the Upper Austrian Literature Museum, the Adalbert Stifter Institute and the Upper Austrian House of Literature.

Wikipedia: Stifterhaus (Linz) (DE), Website

12. Old Cathedral

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The Old Cathedral, also called the Church of Ignatius or the Jesuit Church, is a church in Linz, Austria. It was built between 1669 and 1683 in Baroque style. From 1785 to 1909 it served as cathedral of the Diocese of Linz.

Wikipedia: Old Cathedral, Linz (EN)

13. St. Josef und St. Quirinus

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The parish church of Kleinmünchen is located in the Linz district of Kleinmünchen in Upper Austria. The Roman Catholic parish church, which is dedicated to Saints Joseph and Quirinus of Siscia, belongs to the Linz-Süd deanery in the Diocese of Linz. The church is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Pfarrkirche Kleinmünchen (DE)

14. Pöstlingberg

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The Pöstlingberg is a 539-metre (1,768 ft) high hill on the left bank of the Danube in the city of Linz, Austria. It is a popular tourist destination, with a viewing platform over the city, and is the site of the Pöstlingberg pilgrimage church, and the Linz Grottenbahn.

Wikipedia: Pöstlingberg (EN)

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