Linz City Walking 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.
* App. 2 hours duration
* Fee: EUR 132.--
Arrangements for larger or smaller groups can be made

 

History of Jewish Families and Institutions in Linz and their Situation after the Shoah

A walking tour through Linz with information on outstanding Jewish persons in Linz.
It was on the occasion of the presentation of Mrs. Verena Wagner book on her research about Jewish life in Linz that Johann got inspired to prepare this special tour. Mrs. Wagner 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 132.-- for groups up to 25 guests.

For small groups or individuals arrangements for a combined tour by taxi can be made.

Download an overview of jewish community institutions in Linz written by Mrs. Verena Wagner
PDF file from the Website of the publishing house Wagner Verlag, Linz

Hiking tour in Muehlviertel

The Muehlviertel is the northern region of Upper Austria with borders towards Germany, Czech Republic and neighboring Lower Austria. Geologically speaking it is part of the "Bohemian tectonical plate" with granite high lands and uncountable rolling hills. Landscape and rough climatical conditions have brought forth a very unique, strong and kind of stuborn people who have learned to survive under poor and advers circumstances. I am one of them. Ask my Japanese wife, and she will tell you a lots of stories.

This tour will lead through one or more of farm villages Wartberg ob der Aist, Bad Zell, Pierbach, Köngiswiesen, Unterweissenbach, St. Leonhard, Schoenau, Liebenau or others. Most of these towns have remarkable gothic churches. Along the tour there will be opportunity to see and experience some of presumable former ritual locations in the nature, Granit rock formations with holes (cavities) on their top. These sites are also know as "Kraftplatz", sites of special energy. Or we may visit one of the ruins, that witness about past ages..

Along this tour we can try to arrange meetings with local people and opportunities to try and share some of the very traditional local food, like smoked meat, differnt types of "Knoedel", breads and maybe "Schnaps". Fees for this tour will be based on individual calculation depending on duration, distance driven and the type of culinary consumptions.

Please ask for details and price information on this tour.

Anton Bruckner walking tour in Linz

Find out more about this great composer who was born near Linz in 1824. On this tour you will visit the the Old Cathedral (Jesuit church) of Linz where Bruckner was cathedral organist for more than twelve years.

In June 2011 a special exhibition - "The Anton Bruckner Stiege" about the composers periode as the cathedral organist (1855 - 1868) was opened. Audio guides enable the visitor to listen to some samples of music by Anton Bruckner which was recorded at the Anton Bruckner Organ.

Next we visit the parochial church "Stadtpfarrkirche Linz " where he also served frequently as an organist.

The final part of the tour will be the New Cathedral of Linz for which Anton Bruckner composed the Mass in e-minor and the incredible mottete "Locus iste". Bruckner composed both of these works for the dedication of the votiv chapel of this cathedral 1869.

There will be the option to visit the restaurant "Gasthaus Goldener Anker" where Bruckner loved to eat.

This tour takes app. 2 hours

EUR 132,--

All tours include 20% Austrian VAT.