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The Guided Linz City Tour:
* Start at the Linz Hauptplatz (Main Square) in front of Tourist Information office
* Enjoy some of the Renaissance court yards
* Visit of the Jesuit Church (Old Cathedral, where Anton Brucker was organist for 12 years)
* Johannes Kepler Residence
* Adalbert Stifter Residence
* A walk a long the Danube river with explanations pertaining to Lentos (Museum of Modern Art) Anton Bruckner Concert Hall and "Linzer Klangwolke" (annual cloud of sound), and the famous Ars Electronica Center (AEC and annual Ars Electronica Festival)
* Old city quarters (medival parts of Linz), place of the first Synagoge
* Linz Castle (now State Museum) with spectacular view
* Martinskirche (the oldest church building of Linz)
* "Mozart house" (Home of Symphonie #36, the "Linzer Symphonie") and "Landhaus" (Upper Austrian Capitol building)
* Promenade with "Landestheater", and Cafè Traxlmayr (Viennese style Cafè)
* Herrenstraße (Street of the lords) with Richard Tauber birth house, and introduction of the famous "Linzer Torte", with optional stop at the Cafè and bakery shop "Jindrak" or at the Cafè "K & K Hofbaeckerei".
* New Cathedral (Neo-Gothic), it's history, the stained glass windows, and the "Turmeremit" (Hermit in the cathedral spire)
* Landstraße and "Klosterhof"
Group arrangements:
* This tour is for groups up to 25 guests.
* For individuals or smaller groups the minimus fee is EUR 120.--
Arrangements for larger or smaller groups can be made
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"History of Jewish families and institutions in Linz in the past and their situation after the Shoah"
A walking tour through Linz with information on outstanding Jewish persons in Linz. This walking tour takes about two hours.
It was on the occasion of the presentation of Mrs. Verena Wagner books on her research about Jewish life in Linz that Johann got inspired to prepare this special tour. She undertook extensive research about the various Jewish families and institution in Linz with focus on the years between 1849 - 1843. Two volumes with more than 1,400 pages give detail information on great patriots, entrepreneurs, artists, fathers, mothers, children, religious and civic leaders. For information about this publication please click here.
A great deal of the information given on this tour is based on the academic work of Mrs. Verena Wagner. Johann is very grateful for her work and for her explicit support and advice while preparing this tour.
This special tour through Linz takes about two hours.
EUR 120.-- for groups up to 20 guests.
For small groups or individuals arrangements for a combined tour by taxi can be made.
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"Adolf Hitler's youth period in Linz between 1898 and 1907"
When Adolf Hitlers family moved to Leonding, a city app. 3 miles west of Linz young Adolf was a boy of nine years. When he left Linz in 1907 for Vienna he was a youth of 18 years. His father Alois died in 1903 in Leonding where he is burried. His mother Klara moved with the rest of the family to Linz in 1905 where she died in 1907. Adolf finished elementary school in Leonding in 1900. From the fall of 1900 until summer 1904 Adolf Hitler attended the "Realschule" (middle school) in Linz (Steingasse 6). From fall of 1904 Adolf was sent to "Realschule" Steyr, a historical town app. 32 miles south of Linz. In 1905 he dropped out of school and returned to his mothers home in Linz, where he stayed until after her death on December 21, 1907. Early 1908 Adolf left for Vienna.
The walking tour includes the homes Humboldstrasse 31, Bluetenstrasse 9, and the former school building of the Realschule in Steingasse 6, Landstrasse 12, the building where Dr. Eduard Bloch (the family doctor of the Hitler's) had his office.
The main square of Linz with old town hall (Altes Rathaus) where Adolf Hitler spoke to a cheering crowd of approximately 60,000 people who gave a incredible welcome to the emerging dictator will be part of this tour.
Three buidlings that were build on the orders of Adolf Hitler, the two brigde head buidings, and the Nibelungenbruecke (Danube bridge) are also part of this tour. The Hermann Goering steel plant (now VOEST Alpine) for arms production and a chemical plant were constructed and operated in Linz also due to orders of Hitler.
Approximately 14 miles east Hitler had the main concentration camp of Mauthausen to be built on Austrian territory. With its 49 sub camps (satelite camps) it caused death and unthinkable suffering and tragedy to much more than hundred thousand innocent people from across Europe. The city of Linz held three sub camps with thousends of forced slave workers.
Adolf Hitler felt strongly attached to the city of Linz, where he spent much of his youth period. The people of Linz celebrated him like a super hero, when he was elected chancellor of Germany. When he returned to his "Home Town" Linz with the German army in 1938 he was welcomed with incredible emotions and reverence.
We know, it's all history now. The naive and shortsighted dream of many of our ancestors and their blind support for their "Fuehrer" (leader) contributed to lead the entire world into desaster and unspeakable suffering for millions of innocent people.
The purpose of this tour is to help better understand the circumstances that provided a hotbed for ill and criminal behaviour of masses of people, how way many people thought and felt about a hundred years ago and of course, the main goal is to learn from the mistakes and from the evils of the past in order to prevent it from being repeated.
Duration: The walking tour takes about two hours
Price: EUR 138,-- per group (up to 25 guests) including 20% VAT
This walking tour can be altered and / or expanded to a Taxi tour, including the home of Hitler's family in Leonding, the family grave of Adolf Hitlers parents that is still well maintained. A tour to Adolf Hitler's birthplace in Braunau (app. 65 miles west of Linz) or to Mauthausen and other memorial centers of former sub camps can be arranged as well. Please ask for more information.
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"The Spirit of Linz" guided walking tour
Duration: app. 90 minutes
Price: EUR 120,-- (incl. 20% VAT)
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Anton Brucker Tour
The Anton Bruckner Linz City walking Tour
Duration: app. 90 Minutes
Price: EUR 132,-- (incl. 20% VAT)
The Anton Bruckner Taxi Tour
Duration: app. 3 hours
Price: EUR 174,-- for up to four guests (incl. 20% VAT)
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The "Linzer 'Klangwolke" (cloud of sound) and ARS electronica Tour
The tour includes information on the history of the "Linzer Klangwolke", the ARS electronica festival, and a one hour visit to the AEC (Ars Electronica Center) including 30 minutes museum tour and 30 minutes "Deep Space" presentation to the AEC (Ars Electronica Center)
Duration: app. 2 hours
Price: EUR 138,-- per group
For admission to the AEC an extra fee of EUR 4,-- per person will be charged
Reservation three weeks prior to tour is required for the introductary tour to the AEC.
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