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1. Pöstlingbergbahn Linz – Main Square (Hauptplatz) Linz loop from Linz Hauptbahnhof

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2. Bauernbergpark – Donaublick Viewpoint loop from Linz Hauptbahnhof

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3. Linz Castle (Linzer Schloss) – Donaublick Viewpoint loop from Linz Urfahr

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Ingrid

January 6, 2020

Magnificent view from the terrace of the south wing of Linz Castle. The modern south wing was opened in 2009 and replaced the part of the castle that was destroyed by fire in 1800. This is where the entrance to the castle museum, exhibition rooms and the castle restaurant are located.

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Paul

July 11, 2022

Linz Castle, Linz

The castle was built on the site of the former Roman fort of Lentia. The first known mention dates back to June 20, 799.

Until around 1150, the Lords of Linz lived here as feudal lords of the Bishopric of Passau, under the suzerainty of the Dukes of Bavaria. Around the middle of the 12th century, Passau expanded Ebelsberg Castle into its base in the Linz area; Around this time, the Haunspergers may have taken over the Passau fiefdom of Linz as successors to the Lords of Linz. In 1205/1206 the Babenberg Duke Leopold VI acquired. of Austria and Styria by Gottschalk II. von Haunsperg the nascent city of Linz with its castle.

Under Emperor Friedrich III. In 1477 the castle was converted into a palace and it served as his residence from 1489 to 1493. The Friedrichstor, which is still preserved today, dates from this time. His son Maximilian I often stayed in Linz and in the castle. After the wedding celebrated in Linz, his grandson, the future Emperor Ferdinand I, had the castle expanded and luxuriously furnished for his wife Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. Their children Elisabeth (1526) and Ferdinand II (1529) were born in Linz Castle. After her separation from her husband, the Polish King Sigismund II August, her daughter Katharina lived with her servants in Linz Castle from October 1567 until her death in 1572.

In 1600, Emperor Rudolf II had the palace demolished and rebuilt according to plans by the Dutch architect Anton de Moys from Antwerp, court architect in Vienna since 1581.[4] In addition to the mighty four-story log building with two inner courtyards, the main gate to the city (Rudolfstor, 1604) was also built.

Fortification at Linz Castle - tin figure diorama from the Peuerbach Peasants' War Museum During the Bavarian pledge from 1620 to 1628, Adam Graf von Herberstorff resided as governor in the castle. Herberstorff strengthened the fortifications around the castle in view of an impending siege by the farmers. In 1626 there was finally a siege by the rebellious farmers.

During the plague, Emperor Ferdinand III stayed in Vienna. with the court in Linz Castle from 1644 to 1646[, and during the Second Turkish Siege of Vienna in 1683, Emperor Leopold I resided in Linz Castle.

In 1783 the governor and his offices moved from the castle to the Linz country house.

During the French Wars the castle served as a military hospital. The city fire in 1800 started here. The south wing and part of the cross wing were destroyed in this fire. In view of the question of what should happen to the badly damaged building, it was decided to relocate the penal house in the abandoned Baumgartenberg Abbey here.

In 1811, a modern provincial penitentiary was put into operation, in which the convicts were employed in the production of shawls, twills, drills and shawls of various kinds. The closure of the Linz wool factory and the associated loss of the wool combing and spinning mill in the penal house may have contributed to the relocation of the penal institution in 1851 to the Garsten Abbey, which was also abolished by Joseph II.

From 1851 to 1945 the castle served as a barracks for soldiers. Between 1953 and 1963 the building was expanded and restored to become the castle museum of the Upper Austrian state museums.

Text/Source: Wikipedia

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linzer_Schloss

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Intertrain

September 2, 2018

... from the castle to the castle museum, the castle has been home since the 1960s

the cultural-historical collections of the Upper Austrian State Museum.

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Location: Linz, Upper Austria, Austria

Linz Castle (Linzer Schloss)

1. Pöstlingbergbahn Linz – Main Square (Hauptplatz) Linz loop from Linz Hauptbahnhof

2. Bauernbergpark – Donaublick Viewpoint loop from Linz Hauptbahnhof

3. Linz Castle (Linzer Schloss) – Donaublick Viewpoint loop from Linz Urfahr

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