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  Linz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Linz is a city and Statutarstadt in northeast Austria, on the Danube river.
Near Linz, in the town of Leonding, the parents of Adolf Hitler were buried.
Linz also serves as important transportation hub for the region of both Upper Austria and, to a lesser degree, southern Bohemia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Linz   (1153 words)

  
 Linz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Linz at the Danube is the capital city of the county Upperaustria and has about 200 000 inhabitants.
Linz was built at the crossing of two important trade routes.
Linz became by that a transit place and the importance of the city grew.
www.pa-linz.ac.at /studiengaenge/studium/linz_eng.htm   (686 words)

  
 Kids.net.au - Encyclopedia Linz -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Linz (population 200,000) is a city in northwest Austria, on the Danube river.
Linz today is still an industrial city (famous for the LD- ("Linz- Donawitz") procedure for the production of steel) but keeps much of its 'old world charm'.
In the middle of this square the high "Pestsäule" (also known as "Dreifaltigkeitssäule") was built to remember the people who died in the plague epidemics.
www.kidsseek.com /encyclopedia-wiki/li/Linz   (350 words)

  
 Johannes Kepler University Linz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
JKU was founded as the "College for Social and Economic Sciences Linz" (Hochschule für Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften Linz) in 1966.
Today, 11,800 [1] students study at JKU's 90 acre (364,000 m²) campus in the north of Linz, with 1 in 11 being from abroad.
There are also three other universities in Linz, a public one for arts and industrial design (University of Arts Linz, c.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johannes_Kepler_University_Linz   (317 words)

  
 CBS.com - Amazing Race
This close-knit team is comprised of three brothers and one feisty sister who are so deeply rooted in Cincinnati that they have over 50 first cousins living in or near the Cincinnati area.
The Linz siblings are well-traveled, athletic, very competitive and ready to embark on a race around the world.
The Godlewski and Linz families discover they have something in common.
www.cbs.com /primetime/amazing_race8/teams/bio_linz.shtml   (171 words)

  
 Linz, Austria - Bruckner Festival - Linz Tourism Information - Austria Travel City Guide to Linz
Linz was first mentioned in 799 AD, when the Bavarians expanded to the South and this area was transformed into a trading hot spot.
For a long time Linz was considered to be a blue-collar city only, with all the adjectives that go with it: dirty, smelly and devoid of cultural activities.
Nowadays Linz is the second largest city in Austria and a very important location for industry.
www.aboutaustria.org /capitals/linz.htm   (394 words)

  
 Linz, Austria
Linz, capital of Upper Austria, is Austria's third largest city after Vienna and Graz.
Linz first appears in the records as the Roman fortified camp of Lentia in the second C. In 1490 the Emperor Frederick III, who resided here from 1485 to 1493, bestowed the rank of "Hauptstadt" (chief town or capital), and in 1497 the town was granted permission to build a bridge over the Danube.
Among the principal industrial establishments in Linz are the VO+ST-Alpine AG iron and steel works and Chemie Linz AG (chemicals).
www.planetware.com /austria/linz-a-o-linz.htm   (227 words)

  
 Linz : Introduction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Linz, the provincial capital of Upper Austria, is the third-largest city in the country after Vienna and Graz.
Linz was the site of a Roman castle and settlement, Lentia, in the 1st century A.D. By the Middle Ages it had become a thriving center of trade because of its position on the river.
Linz today is one of the leading cultural centers of Austria, although it doesn't rival Vienna or Salzburg.
www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=1871&catID=1871010001   (308 words)

  
 LINZ Swath Sonar Specifications
One of the Roles of LINZ in hydrography and bathymetry is considered to be the "development of operational policy and regulations, development and maintenance of standards, and monitoring of compliance with policies and standards".
This paper is being developed for LINZ by John E. Hughes Clarke of the Ocean Mapping Group, at the University of New Brunswick in Canada.
LINZ recognises however, that in practice absolute (fully calibrated) data reduction is an expensive process (and failure of this is not immediately detrimental to shipping).
www.omg.unb.ca /~jhc/LINZ_spec   (13717 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Linz
In the early Middle Ages the greater part of the territory of the present Diocese of Linz was subject to the bishops of Lauriacum (Lorch); at a later date it formed part of the great Diocese of Passau, which extended from the Isar to the Leitha.
The Bull of Erection assigned the ancient parish church of Linz as the cathedral, but the former church of the Jesuits was, without notification to the Papal See of the substitution, at once chosen in its place; it was not until 1841 that the change was sanctioned by a Bull.
Of great importance was the introduction of the Jesuits and their settlement on the Freinberg near Linz, which was accomplished by means of the vigorous and generous aid of Archduke Maximilian of Este, and the foundation of numerous other religious establishments (Franciscans, Salesians, Sisters of Mercy, etc.).
www.newadvent.org /cathen/09273a.htm   (2190 words)

  
 Danube: Linz, Austria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Linz is Austria's third largest city, but if you stay in the Altstadt (Old Town) and close to the main square, as we did, it doesn't seem like a large town.
Situated on the Danube, on the route from the Adriatic to the Baltic, it was an important town for centuries.
Like Vienna, Linz has a "plague column," the 65-foot Pillar to the Holy Trinity, constructed in 1723 to commemorate deliverance from ten years of war, fire, and plague.
www.4windstravel.com /shows/danube/linz.html   (259 words)

  
 Linz
It was for that reason that I decided to explore Linz, a city that is very popular with the locals but definitely not high on the international tourism scene.
Linz is a major harbor city and provincial capital that resides on a major bend.
It also covers the city's spring festival that I had the pleasure of The Linz Altstadt (blue) covers the old city, especially the Linzer Schloss and its riverwalk and the various churches and shopping districts.
www.tompgalvin.com /places/at/linz.htm   (345 words)

  
 Linz Travel Guide
Linz is the third largest city in Austria with some 250,000 inhabitants.
Linz was an industrial city (steel, chemical) and therefore heavily bombed during WWII.
Linz is a good stepping-off point for a trip into the Southern Bohemia region of the Czech Republic.
www.imakoopedia.org /en/article/Linz   (591 words)

  
 Linz~Danube - Hotels, Guesthouses, Weather
Upper Austria´s capital Linz sprawls along the banks of the Danube and is situated on the ancient Salt Road, that used to link Salzkammergut to Bohemia.
Linz, Austria´s third-largest city, is picturesquely embedded in the Danube Valley and encircled by gently rolling foothills.
Linz is a marvelous mix of classic centuries-old European architecture within a modern-day lifestyle.
www.tiscover.at /at/guide/5,en,SCH1/objectId,RGN214at,curr,EUR,season,at1,selectedEntry,home/home.html   (287 words)

  
 FORTRESS OF LINZ
Archduke Maximilian decided to prevent the repeat of the carnage, protect the city of Linz and block the passage along the Danube river by fortifying the city of Linz.
Archduke Maximilian Josef, a third son of Ferdinand I., Duke of Modena (of the Habsburg family) and Beatrix Este was born on July 14, 1782.
He was participating in two campaigns against Napoleon (1805 and 1809) and at both occasions he came to the area of Linz and Edelsberg where he was upset by the lack of fortifications needed for successful defense of strategically important bridges over the Danube and Traun rivers.
www.ars-cartae.com /linzfort.htm   (892 words)

  
 Linz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Linz was the site of three subcamps of Mauthausen.
This letter is from the first Linz camp which was established in January, 1943.
The folded letter is identified in Lordahl as Type F5Bx with a Type C2 censor mark and a Type SC5a special cachet limiting the number of letters or cards to one.
www.edwardvictor.com /Holocaust/linz_main.htm   (131 words)

  
 VirtualTourist.com - Linz Tips - Pictures, Tips and Reviews
Linz can be reached very cheaply from the UK by plane from London Stansted.
Linz is also not far from the airport, so a taxi shouldn't cost you too much either.
Linz is situated on one of Europe's most important waterways, the Danube, which is linked to the Rhine and the Main.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Austria/Bundesland_Oberoesterreich/Linz-326882/Transportation-Linz-BR-1.html   (642 words)

  
 Search results - info-reisepreisvergleich.de
The hotel Mühlviertlerhof in an adventure hotel in the center of Linz with 19 new renoveted comfort rooms with bath/shower/toilet, telefon, sat-tv and 6 new themed adventure rooms: Bambus room, Castle...
The hotel ibis Linz is ideally located at the train station Linz, only 10 minutes walking distance to the city centre.
The Hotel Drei Mohren is situated in the middle of the old town of Linz and is one of the most traditional hotels in the city, dating back to 1565.
www.bookings.net /searchresults.html?aid=303213;city=-1984321;radius=5;chaincode=;hotelcode=   (306 words)

  
 ISEP Institutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Locale: Located on the banks of the Danube, Linz has its origin in a Roman settlement and served as a residence for German emperors during the Middle Ages.
The third largest city in Austria, Linz is a flourishing industrial, commercial and cultural center.
From Linz, it is one hour’s drive to the Austrian Lake District with sailing, mountaineering and skiing facilities.
www.isep.org /nus/austria   (1311 words)

  
 Linz : Planning a Trip | Frommers.com
There's no bus that runs all the way into Linz, although the airport maintains a 24-hour shuttle bus from the airport to the railway station at Hörsching; from here, you can take one of the commuter trains into Linz -- there's one about every hour from early morning to midnight.
By Bus -- Linz is the center of an extensive network of bus lines carrying passengers from its busy railway station to the outlying villages and hamlets of Upper Austria.
Most visitors limit their exposure in Linz to the city's historic core, most of which is a pedestrian zone centered on the Hauptplatz.
www.frommers.com /destinations/linz/1871010002.html   (504 words)

  
 Linz - Wikitravel
Linz [1] is the third largest city in Austria with some 200,000 inhabitants.
Part of it is also the "Klangwolke", a big cultural Open Air with modern and traditional music and light show, held mostly in September.
Also freeways connect Linz well with Vienna, Salzburg, and Munich via the Autobahn A1; the Muehlviertel via Autobahn A7, and the south of Austria (Graz (Styria), Klagenfurt (Carinthia)) via the Autobahn A9.
wikitravel.org /en/Linz   (730 words)

  
 The Albuquerque Tribune: Columnists
ELDORADO by 14 over Las Cruces - 7 tonight, Wilson Stadium: The last time The Linz picked Eldorado to beat Las Cruces, the Milne Stadium concession stand had a five-star rating and The Linz was still in elementary reform school.
Friday, Wilson Stadium: The last time The Linz was behind Highland coach "Fudge" Chavez at the Wilson concession stand, The Great One had a terrifying experience.
Saturday, Academy: The Linz never thought he'd see the day when the Chargers would be running up the score on people.
www.abqtrib.com /albq/sp_columnists/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19871_4100757,00.html   (540 words)

  
 Ibis Linz Hotel - Discount Linz Hotel Reservations
The Ibis Linz Hotel is ideally located in the city centre and is opposite Linz Railway Station.
Nearby attractions are the Landes Theatre, Posthof and the Design Convention Hall, all of which are a 5 minute stroll away.
The Ibis Linz Hotel is built in a modern style, surrounded by a compact beautiful garden.
directrooms.com /austria/hotels/ibis-linz-hotel-3698.htm   (164 words)

  
 Kolping Hotel Linz - Discount Linz Hotel Reservations
The Kolping Hotel, Linz is in a superior location in Linz City.
It is about 15 minutes walk from Linz Railway Station, theatre, museums and Design Centre.
Drive time from Blue Danube Airport to the Kolping Hotel Linz is approximately 20 minutes.
directrooms.com /austria/hotels/kolping-hotel-linz-3699.htm   (150 words)

  
 LinzKnits
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 Technorati Tag: linz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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 AllRefer.com - Linz (Austria Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Linz (Austria Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Originally a Roman settlement called Lentia, Linz was made a provincial capital of the Holy Roman Empire in the late 15th cent.
The Provincial Museum in Linz contains paintings, folk art, and Roman artifacts.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/Linz.html   (232 words)

  
 Linz Winter Workshop
From Linz Airport either take a cab (~ 35€) or a shuttle share cab.
A person equipped with a sign "Linz Winter Workshop" will be visible during rush arrival times from Friday afternoon through evening and on Saturday morning.
Participants of the 2006 Linz Winter Workshop are encouraged to submit original research papers to ChemPhysChem (standard peer review): kog@imb-jena.de
www.molec.com /linz.html   (351 words)

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