In the city of Linz, the capital of Bundesland (federal state) of Upper Austria

 "In Linz beginnt’s" (it begins in Linz) goes the Austrian saying, and it’s spot on.

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(in the city of Linz, the capital of Bundesland (federal state) of Upper Austria in north-central Austria.) Linz lies along the Danube River 100 miles (160 km) west of Vienna. It originated as the Roman fortress of Lentia and became an important medieval trading center. By the 13th century it had the outward characteristics of a city but none of a city’s rights. It became the provincial capital in the 15th century during the residence of the Holy Roman emperor Frederick III and was noted for its fairs. The see of a Roman Catholic bishop since 1785, Linz has become an important cultural center, with the Johannes Kepler University (1966), schools of art and music, a college-level Academy of Industrial and Art Design (1947), a seminary, scientific institutes, museums, and art galleries, libraries, archives, an opera house, and theaters. Despite its baroque architecture and historic Old Town, Linz is strikingly contemporary. The city hosts a cutting-edge cultural scene, that is exemplified by its futuristic electronic arts center and glass-fronted modern arts museum, both set on the banks of the Danube.

+ The city is rich in historic buildings, which include the old castle, St. Martin’s Church (first mentioned in 799), the early Baroque Town Hall, the 13th-century main square with a monument to the Holy Trinity, the City Parish Church (13th century), the old cathedral (1669–78), the Minorite (Franciscan) Church (13th century, remodeled 1752–58), and the 16th-century Landhaus (“State House”). Also notable are the monastic churches (Capuchin, Ursuline, Carmelite), the neo-Gothic New Cathedral (1862–1924), and the 19th-century fortifications built by Archduke Maximilian d’Este. The bridge across the Danube leads to the Urfahr quarter on the left bank beneath the Pöstling Hill (1,768 feet [539 meters]).

+ Lying on a direct rail route between the Baltic and Adriatic seas, as well as on the Danube, Linz has extensive docks and a busy river-transit trade. After 1938, it developed into an important industrial center with ironworks and steelworks and a nitrogen-fixation plant. (War damage necessitated their reconstruction after 1945.) With its large shopping malls and extensive wholesale facilities, Linz is a retail trade center for Oberösterreich (Upper Austria). It is a large center of employment as well, and, as Linz is the capital of the state, many people work in public administration. Despite its baroque architecture and historic Old Town, Linz is strikingly contemporary. Indeed, this is a city still on the move, with its finger on the pulse of the country's technology industry. Daring public art installations, a burgeoning cultural scene, a cyber center and a cutting-edge gallery that looks freshly minted for a sci-fi movie -- all suggesting what tomorrow’s Austria.can look like.