Linzer Gasse

The Linzer Gasse (also Linzergasse ) is one of Salzburg’s most renowned streets, along with the Getreidegasse and the Steingasse.It stretches from the Staatsbrücke and Platzl to Franz-Josef-Straße in the old town to the right of the Salzach at the foot of the Kapuzinerberg.

It was the most significant primary artery between Linz and Austria during the prince archbishop’s reign, hence the street’s name.As a continuation of the Linzer Gasse, the succeeding Schallmooser Hauptstrasse was known as the Linzer Reichsstrasse or Strasse in Austria.The Linzer Reichsstraße in Niedergnigl also features a very significant historic iron road (now Grazer Bundesstraße ) from Styria, emphasizing its importance as a traffic route.

Linzergasse is a major tourist area in Salzburg, with over 140 businesses and historical structures (including the Sebastiansfriedhof).Every year during the final weekend of June, the Linzergassenfest is held here.

Linzergasse, today’s primary traffic route on the Salzach, was discovered during Roman excavations.A late Roman cemetery may be found at the far end of Linzergasse.

The built-up street only gradually evolved from the city bridge’s bridgehead (today’s state bridge) to the east in the Middle Ages.The city ended originally with the Easter Gate to the west of Stefan-Zweig-Platz (in front of today’s home at Linzergasse 12) in the early Middle Ages.The little Königsgässchen ran along to the earliest city wall.This city wall, which dates from approximately 1280, may be seen in the courtyards of the houses at Lederergässchen Nos. 1 and 3, as well as as an extraordinarily robust east wall of the home at Linzergasse 14. The outer Linzertor (also known as Sebastiantor) was erected in 1373 at the further end of today’s Linzergasse, and it was afterwards restored numerous times before being razed in 1894.During following work beginning in 1897, the so-called Salzburg Bronze Disc, a relic of a Roman water clock, was discovered and is currently housed at the Salzburg Museum.

The tower and facade of the Sebastianskirche still dominate the eastern end of Linzergasse.