Linz

:This article is about the city of Linz in Austria. There is another much smaller Linz in Germany: see Linz, Germany.

Sights

The main street "Landstrasse" leads from the "Blumauerplatz" to the main square. In the middle of this square the high "Pestsäule" ("plague monument", also known as "Dreifaltigkeitssäule" (Dreifaltigkeit = holy trinity) ) was built to remember the people who died in the plague epidemics.

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Near the castle, which is located at the same place as the old roman fortress Lentia once was built, being the former seat of Friedrich the III, the oldest Austrian church is located - the Martins church. It was built during the early medieval carolingian times.

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Other sights include:

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• St. Mary's Cathedral (Mariendom), Roman Catholic
• Pöstlingberg-Kirche
• Brucknerhaus - concert hall named after the composer Anton Bruckner, who was born in "Ansfelden", a small town right next to Linz
• Gugl Stadium, home to the LASK (Linzer Athletik Sport Klub), the third-oldest soccer club in Austria