Editing Linz (section)

== Destinations of interest==
[[File:Neuer Dom Linz (DFdB).JPG|thumb|The new cathedral]]
[[File:Linz-cathedrale.jpg|thumb|A close up of the neogothic new cathedral]]
[[File:PlacodeLinz.jpg|alt=|thumb|Part of main square with trinity column]]
[[File:Linz Hofberg 10 Apothekerhaus-1644.jpg|thumb|Old quarter scene]]
The main street "Landstraße" leads from the "Blumauerplatz" to "Taubenmarkt" (Pigeonmarket) near the main square. The main square (built in 1230), with an area of {{cvt|13,200|m2}}, is one of the largest converted squares in Europe. In the middle of the main square the high "Pestsäule" ("[[plague column]]", also known as "Dreifaltigkeitssäule" (Dreifaltigkeit means [[Holy Trinity]])) was built to remember the people who died in the [[Black Death|plague]] epidemics.<ref>[http://members.liwest.at/idv/impress/anim/dreifaltigkeitssaeule.jpg The Plague Column] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108161124/http://members.liwest.at/idv/impress/anim/dreifaltigkeitssaeule.jpg |date=8 November 2017 }} liwest.at. Retrieved 31 October 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.linz.at/aktuell/presse/images/990601.jpg The top of the column] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060723191641/https://www.linz.at/aktuell/presse/images/990601.jpg |date=23 July 2006 }} linz.at. Retrieved 31 October 2007</ref> It was designed by [[Antonio Beduzzi]] in 1713, and was finished in 1723.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Linz |first=Stadt |title=Denkmaldatenbank - Denkmäler: Dreifaltigkeitssäule |url=https://stadtgeschichte.linz.at/denkmal/Default.asp?action=denkmaldetail&id=734 |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Stadt Linz |language=de}}</ref>

Around the main square are many historically relevant and architecturally interesting houses, such as the Old Town Hall, the Feichtinger House with its carillon, which changes the melody depending on the season, the Kirchmayr House, the Schmidtberger House or the bridgehead buildings, which house a part of the Linz Art University.

West of the main square there is the old quarter with many other historic buildings, such as Renaissance houses or older houses with a baroque face.

Near the Schloss/castle, being the former residence of emperor Friedrich the III—the oldest Austrian church is located: Sankt/Saint Martins church. It was built during early medieval [[Carolingian]] times.<ref name="StMartinChurchLinz">{{cite web |url=http://www.linz.at/english/Tourism/1146.asp |title=St. Martin's Church, Linz (in English) |publisher=Linz City Tourist Board |access-date=6 April 2008 |archive-date=8 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108161138/https://www.linz.at/english/Tourism/1146.asp |url-status=dead}}</ref>

* [[St. Mary's Cathedral, Linz|St. Mary's Cathedral]] (Mariä-Empfängnis-Dom), Roman Catholic,<ref name="NewCathedral">{{cite web |url=http://www.dioezese-linz.at/redaktion/index.php?page_new=2500 |title=Mariendom (New Cathedral in Linz) |publisher=Mariendom |access-date=6 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128014704/http://www.dioezese-linz.at/redaktion/index.php?page_new=2500 |archive-date=28 January 2010 }}</ref> in Gothic-Revival style. With a total height of {{cvt|134.8|m}}, the cathedral is the tallest church in Austria. Constructed in the years of 1862 and 1924, it is fully built of sandstone with unfinished front details. 
* Mozarthaus is the house, dating to the end of the 16th century, where the famous Austrian composer [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] composed the [[Symphony No. 36 (Mozart)|"Linz" Symphony]] and [[Piano Sonata No. 13 (Mozart)|"Linz" Sonata]] during a three-day stay there in November 1783. Today, the exterior and inner courtyard of the house can be visited, but not the interior. 
* Pöstlingberg-Kirche: pilgrimage church on the [[Pöstlingberg]] hill. The basilica is the city's landmark and was built from 1738 until 1774, located on 537m sea level. 
* [[Pöstlingbergbahn]] is the steepest mountain rail in the world which was built in 1898 and operates gear-wheel free (functional grip between wheel and rail: gradient of 10.5%) 
* Linzer Grottenbahn: A grotto railway is based up on the hill of Pöstling
* [[Brucknerhaus]]: the concert and congress house located on the Donaulände was first opened in 1973 and is venue of the [[Brucknerfest]] since 1974. It is named after the composer Anton Bruckner, who was born in [[Ansfelden]], a small town next to Linz.<ref>[http://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/austria/images/a_linz_brucknerhaus.jpg Brucknerhaus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060723191634/http://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/austria/images/a_linz_brucknerhaus.jpg |date=23 July 2006 }} andreas-praefcke.de. Retrieved 31 October 2007.</ref> The modern Concert Hall owes its unique acoustics to its wood paneling. The Great Hall of the Bruckner House, also called Brucknersaal, is the architectural jewel hosting an organ consisting of more than 4,200 pipes and 51 registers. The spacious stage in particular was designed for 220 performers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Great Hall |url=https://www.brucknerhaus.at/en/das-haus/treten-sie-ein/rundgang/grosser-saal.html |language=en |access-date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116160209/https://www.brucknerhaus.at/en/das-haus/treten-sie-ein/rundgang/grosser-saal.html |archive-date=16 November 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2017 the life and works of Anton Bruckner were the focus of the Bruckner Festival held under the motto "Bruckner elementar". Bruckner's works were the focus of the festival presented by national and international artists.<ref>{{cite web |title=PK Internationales Brucknerfest 2017 |url=https://www.brucknerhaus.at/aktuelles/detail/news/pk-internationales-brucknerfest-ausblick-2017.html |language=de |access-date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806210907/http://www.brucknerhaus.at/aktuelles/detail/news/pk-internationales-brucknerfest-ausblick-2017.html |archive-date=6 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Gugl Stadium]], is home to the [[LASK Linz|LASK]] (Linzer Athletik Sport Klub), which is claimed to be the third oldest football club in Austria.<ref name="LaskHomePage">{{cite web |url=http://lask.at/content/lask/home/startseite/index_ger.html |title=LASK |publisher=LASK |access-date=6 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409213617/https://lask.at/content/lask/home/startseite/index_ger.html |archive-date=9 April 2008}}</ref>
* [[Linzer Landestheater]]<ref name="LandestheaterHitler">{{cite web |author=George Tabori |url=http://www.landestheater-linz.at/490_DE-Stuecke-Stueckinfo.htm?stueckid=173 |title=Mein Kampf: Farce in fünf Akten |language=de |publisher=Landestheater |access-date=6 April 2008 |author-link=George Tabori}}</ref><ref name="Landestheater">{{cite web |url=http://www.landestheater-linz.at/257_DE |title=Die Spielzeit 2007/2008 |publisher=Landestheater |access-date=6 April 2008}}</ref>
* Kremsmünsterer Haus: is to find at the "Alter Markt", located in the inner city of Linz where, as legends say, emperor Friedrich III. had died.
* Landhaus: The country house was built in the 16th century and is the headquarters of the governor, the upper Austrian parliament and the government of upper Austria. [[Johannes Kepler]] used to teach here for more than 14 years.
{{Further|label1=Linz Castle|Linz Castle (Austria)}}