Editing Linz (section)

== Architecture ==
[[File:Linz, Kremsmünsterer Stifthaus, 15.jpeg|thumb|The former townhouse of Kremsmünster Abbey]]
[[File:Vergeinerstraße 3, Linz.jpg|thumb|A historic suburban villa at Freinberg]]
[[File:Altes Rathaus, Linz.jpg|thumb|The old town hall]]
As many central European cities, the cityscape of Linz is characterised by small and several sacred buildings. The Mariä Empfängnis Dom or [[New Cathedral, Linz|New Cathedral]] is the biggest church in Austria, not by height (it is roughly 2 metres shorter than the [[St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna|St. Stephen's Cathedral]] (''Stephansdom'') in Vienna), but by capacity.

The historic centre is characterised by its medieval architectural style, whereas in those parts of the city that border with the historic centre the architecture is of [[Neoclassical architecture|neoclassical]], [[Baroque Revival architecture|neo-baroque]] and [[Renaissance Revival architecture|neo-renaissance]] styles. Even further from the historic centre there are living areas, such as ''Franckviertel'', ''Froschberg'', ''Bindermichl'' and ''Kleinmünchen'' southern of the Danube and ''Alt-Urfahr'' northern of the Danube. These areas are where residential buildings can be found that are still referred to as "[[Hitlerbauten]]" or "Hitler buildings", because they were built during the interwar period and the time of Nazi dictatorship. The residential area called ''Gugl'' became a well liked living area among the wealthy at around 1900, which is why there are numerous villas still there today.

Amongst the newer buildings is the Linz Hauptbahnhof station, which was designed by [[Wilhelm Holzbauer]] and added the Terminal Tower skyscraper as part of a mixed-use complex. Between 2005 und 2011 it was voted Austria's most beautiful railway station seven times in a row by the ''Verkehrsclub Österreich''. The Wissensturm ("Tower of knowledge") with a height of about 63 metres, houses the public library and the ''[[Folk high school|Volkshochschule]]'', an adult education centre. It was designed by Franz Kneidinger and Heinz Stögmüller and opened in 2007. [[Lentos Art Museum]], which opened in 2003, was designed by Zürich-based architects Weber & Hofer and the [[Musiktheater Linz|Musiktheater]] (music theatre), which opened in 2013, was designed by Terry Pawson.