21 Facts About Linz

Linz is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria.

Linz is in the centre of Europe, lying on the Paris–Budapest west–east axis and the Malmo–Trieste north–south axis.

Linz paid for the Haas collection of Bruckner's works to be published, and himself purchased material for the proposed library.

In 1945, immediately after the end of the Nazi dictatorship, 39 streets in Linz were renamed, whereas from 1946 to 1987, only two streets were renamed.

In 1975, Linz upgraded the college founded in 1966 to become the country's highest form of academic institution, the Johannes Kepler University.

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Coat of arms of Linz developed from the seal image, which was used as emblem since 1242.

Linz is part of the Linz-Wels-Steyr metropolitan area of Upper Austria, home to around one third of the state's population and second-largest urban area in Austria.

Linz serves as an important transport hub for the region of both Upper Austria and, to a lesser degree, southern Bohemia.

Linz has 13 cemeteries, four of them are supervised by the LINZ AG.

Linz has other culture institutions, such as the Posthof, which is near the harbour, and the Stadtwerkstatt, which is by the river Danube.

Linz was the European Capital of Culture in 2009, along with Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.

On 1 December 2014 Linz was accepted into the international network of UNESCO Creative Cities as a City of Media Arts.

Since 2009, the Open Commons Linz initiative has made available a wide variety of "free" data: geo-data and statistical information having to do with city life, local government, recreation and tourism.

Linz is thus at the forefront in Europe when it comes to universal access to open data.

Ensemble of the Landestheater Linz used to perform musical productions as well as theatre productions at a venue located on the "Promenade" in the inner city of Linz .

Linz reportedly composed his Piano Sonata 13 in B flat while in Linz, although it was published in Vienna.

Anton Bruckner was born in Ansfelden near Linz and spent several years working as a conductor and organist in Linz, where he started to compose.

In Linz there are both traditional restaurants and old wine taverns, as well as modern and exotic cuisine.

Some well-known chefs from Linz are Lukas Erich, who cooks in the Verdi and Georg Essig from the Der neue Vogelkafig.

Linz offers many parks and holiday areas:Lakes and public swimming pools: Pichlinger See, Pleschinger See, Weikerlsee, Biesenfeldbad, Hummelhofbad, Parkbad, Schorgenhubbad.

Linz is in the urban forest area ranking in front of Graz, even if only 500 hectares are owned by the city itself.