Rathaus and Hauptplatz
Location: Hauptplatz
Today: still there
When the Anschluss took place, Hitler went to the city of his youth, Linz, to proclaim the Grossdeutsches Reich on the balcony of the Rathaus.
Location: Hauptplatz
Today: still there
When the Anschluss took place, Hitler went to the city of his youth, Linz, to proclaim the Grossdeutsches Reich on the balcony of the Rathaus.
Black and white (both sides): Hitler on the balcony of the Rathaus on March 13, 1938
Hitlers motorcade in Linz
A similar view of the
Hauptplatz today
Hauptplatz today
The Hauptplatz (than called Adolf Hitler Platz) when Hitler visited Linz during the Anschluss in 1938
Nibelungenbrücke
Location: bridge over the Donau between Linz and Uhrfahr
Today: still there, the statues of Krimhild and Siegfried are not longer there
Hitler had big plans for Linz. This bridge is one of the few plans of Hitler that were actually carried out in Linz. Hitler wanted to be burried in Linz too.
Location: bridge over the Donau between Linz and Uhrfahr
Today: still there, the statues of Krimhild and Siegfried are not longer there
Hitler had big plans for Linz. This bridge is one of the few plans of Hitler that were actually carried out in Linz. Hitler wanted to be burried in Linz too.
The Nibelungenbrücke in April 1943, with the statues of Krimhild and Siegfried
The Fischmarkt in 1938, the bridge you see here was later on replaced by Hitlers Nibelungenbrücke
The Nibelungenbrücke in the beginning of the 40’s
A sign on the bridge says:
MIT DEM UBERSCHREITEN DIESER BRUCKE ENDETEN IM JAHRE 1945 DIE SCHRECKEN DER VERTREIBUNG FUR ZEHNTAUSENDE SUDETENDEUTSCHE
MIT DEM UBERSCHREITEN DIESER BRUCKE ENDETEN IM JAHRE 1945 DIE SCHRECKEN DER VERTREIBUNG FUR ZEHNTAUSENDE SUDETENDEUTSCHE
The bridge in 2008 (same
view as on the picture above)
view as on the picture above)
The place were the statues were. You can see that they’re not longer there.
Hitler looking at a model of the ’new’ Linz in München, April 1943.
Hitler looking at a model of Linz in the cellar of the New Reichskanzlei, on February 9, 1945
and Urfahr
Hospital Der Barmherzigen Schwestern
Location: Herrenstrasse
Today: still there, this is the hospital but we’re not sure if this is the original building
When Hitlers mother got sick in 1907 she had surgery here. Hitler came to visit her every day.
Location: Herrenstrasse
Today: still there, this is the hospital but we’re not sure if this is the original building
When Hitlers mother got sick in 1907 she had surgery here. Hitler came to visit her every day.
The ‘Krankenhaus der barmherzigen Schwestern’
Alter Dom/Old Cathedral
Location: Domgasse
Today: still there
Although it is no longer the cathedral of Linz, the Alter Dom is still known as the Old Cathedral. Anton Bruckner was the church organist for 12 years, and the annual Bruckner Festival is centered here. Adolf Hitler had his confirmation here in 1904, when he was 15 years old.
Location: Domgasse
Today: still there
Although it is no longer the cathedral of Linz, the Alter Dom is still known as the Old Cathedral. Anton Bruckner was the church organist for 12 years, and the annual Bruckner Festival is centered here. Adolf Hitler had his confirmation here in 1904, when he was 15 years old.
Inside the old dome
Realschule
Location: Steingasse 6
Today: still there, the buildings surrounding the school have gone. The realschule later became the Fadingerschule. it’s current location is the Fadingerstrasse. The school on the Steingasse became a Gewerbliche Berufsschule.
Hitler went to the Linzer realschule from 1900 untill 1904. He lived in Leonding. He finished the basic years of the realschule in Steyr. He never attended the second part of the realschule.
Location: Steingasse 6
Today: still there, the buildings surrounding the school have gone. The realschule later became the Fadingerschule. it’s current location is the Fadingerstrasse. The school on the Steingasse became a Gewerbliche Berufsschule.
Hitler went to the Linzer realschule from 1900 untill 1904. He lived in Leonding. He finished the basic years of the realschule in Steyr. He never attended the second part of the realschule.
The realschule Linz was located at this building from 1851 untill 1909
The school today
The main entrance
The buildings surrounding the school are no longer there.
The backside of the school
Hotel Weinzinger
Location: near Donau and the Eisenbahngasse
Today: gone, an insurance company is there now
In March 1938 (Anschluss) Hitler and his staff stayed in this hotel.
Location: near Donau and the Eisenbahngasse
Today: gone, an insurance company is there now
In March 1938 (Anschluss) Hitler and his staff stayed in this hotel.
The old Weinzinger hotel (left) and the situation now (centre and right): the highest building in the front row was build on almost the same spot as the hotel was. We took the picture on the right from www.linzansichten.at. Go there for more old pictures of the hotel and for al kinds of pictures of Linz. The picture in the centre came from a helpfull source in Austria, as do most of the pictures of Linz today on this page.
Linzer Lanschaftliche Theater (Landestheater)
Location: Promenade 39
Today: still there
Hitler and his friend August Kubizek always went to this theater to hear Wagner. They mostly stood nearby one of the columns in the building.
Location: Promenade 39
Today: still there
Hitler and his friend August Kubizek always went to this theater to hear Wagner. They mostly stood nearby one of the columns in the building.
Left: Hitler looking at a model for a new operahouse in Linz, Berlin 1940
Right: the Landestheater today
Right: the Landestheater today
Landstrasse/Schmidtoreck
Today: still there, still looks a lot like it did
Hitler and his friend Kubizek often hung around the Landstrasse. They watched Stefanie (Hitlers platonic love) walk by many times, but Hitler never spoke to her. Hitler and Kubizek often agreed to meet eachother on what Kubizek calls the Schmidtoreck. There’s no official place in Linz with that name, by the way.
Today: still there, still looks a lot like it did
Hitler and his friend Kubizek often hung around the Landstrasse. They watched Stefanie (Hitlers platonic love) walk by many times, but Hitler never spoke to her. Hitler and Kubizek often agreed to meet eachother on what Kubizek calls the Schmidtoreck. There’s no official place in Linz with that name, by the way.
View from the Landstrasse into the Schmidtorstrasse when Hitler visited Linz in 1938 (left) and today (right)
Klammstrasse-Promenade-Landstrasse
Today: still there
August Kubizek (in his book Adolf Hitler, mein Jugendfreund) tells about a typicall encouter of Adolf Hitler and a boy from his school. When Adolf and August walk from the Klammstrasse across the Promenade into the Landstrasse a boy from Hitlers school comes by and asks Hitler how he’s doing. Hitler replies: ‘Geht dich einen Dreck an!’.
It’s not a site af great historic importance, but the event maybe illustrates the way Hitler thought about school and his fellow students.
August Kubizek (in his book Adolf Hitler, mein Jugendfreund) tells about a typicall encouter of Adolf Hitler and a boy from his school. When Adolf and August walk from the Klammstrasse across the Promenade into the Landstrasse a boy from Hitlers school comes by and asks Hitler how he’s doing. Hitler replies: ‘Geht dich einen Dreck an!’.
It’s not a site af great historic importance, but the event maybe illustrates the way Hitler thought about school and his fellow students.
There’s a good possibility that the site of the encouter hasn’t changed that much over the years
Villa Stockbauernstrasse
Location: Stockbauernstrasse
Today: still there, private property, address is known to the autheur of the website
Hitler liked this villa. He made a drawing of it. It has no further historical importance.
Location: Stockbauernstrasse
Today: still there, private property, address is known to the autheur of the website
Hitler liked this villa. He made a drawing of it. It has no further historical importance.
The drawing of the villa
The villa has been changed in the past, but it seems to be the same house
Office Simon Wiesental
Location: Bisschofsstrasse 6
Today: shops
Simon Wiesenthal worked here after the war. He found out that the family Eichman had had a shop around the corner.
Location: Bisschofsstrasse 6
Today: shops
Simon Wiesenthal worked here after the war. He found out that the family Eichman had had a shop around the corner.
There is no housenumber on this building, but it’s next to number 4
Café Baumgartner
Location: not sure
Today: not sure
Hitler and his friend August Kubizek sometimes went to this café. After the war it was called café Schönberger.
Location: not sure
Today: not sure
Hitler and his friend August Kubizek sometimes went to this café. After the war it was called café Schönberger.
Addresses of Angela Raubal-Hitler
Locations:
1. Hotel Waldhorn, Bürgerstrasse
2. Karl-Wiser-Strasse 11
3. Fadingerstrasse 22
Today: the houses on the Karl-Wiser-Strasse and the Fadingerstrasse are still there
While Angela was married to Leo Raubal she lived at the first two addresses. When her husband died she moved to the Fadingerstrasse.
1. Hotel Waldhorn, Bürgerstrasse
2. Karl-
Today: the houses on the Karl-
One of the houses of Angela Raubal. It’s the one on the Karl-Wiser-Strasse. The house is in too good a condition to know what it might have looked like a hundred years ago. On the right you see the main entrance.
The house on Fadingerstrasse 22. It looks like even the door is still the original one.
Pfennigberg
Location: mountain to the east of Linz
To look at Linz from the east Hitler and his friend climbed the Pfennigberg on one of their many journeys in the region.
Location: mountain to the east of Linz
To look at Linz from the east Hitler and his friend climbed the Pfennigberg on one of their many journeys in the region.
Postlingberg
Location: mountain on the northside of the city
Hitler and his friend made many trips on the Postlingberg. For instance they walked across the Holzpoldl and the Elendsimmerl to Gramastetten or they went to the woods to look for the ruines of Lichtenhag.
Location: mountain on the northside of the city
Hitler and his friend made many trips on the Postlingberg. For instance they walked across the Holzpoldl and the Elendsimmerl to Gramastetten or they went to the woods to look for the ruines of Lichtenhag.
Augustiner Chorherrenstift St. Florian
Location: Stiftstrasse 1, St. Florian, southeast of Linz
On one of their journeys Hitler and Kubizek visited the church of St. Florian. Hitler was very impressed by the rooms and columns underneath the choir and especialy by the Bruckner room, were the composer Anton Bruckner was burried.
Location: Stiftstrasse 1, St. Florian, southeast of Linz
On one of their journeys Hitler and Kubizek visited the church of St. Florian. Hitler was very impressed by the rooms and columns underneath the choir and especialy by the Bruckner room, were the composer Anton Bruckner was burried.
Führersiedling
Location: Linz-Harbach, Leonfeldnerstrasse
The Führersiedling in Linz was ment as a housing project for the lower and middle classes.
Location: Linz-
The Führersiedling in Linz was ment as a housing project for the lower and middle classes.
The Führersiedlung in 1943
House of Hitlers mother
Location: Humboldtstrasse 31, third floor
Today: still there, private property
This was the house of Hitlers mother between 1905 and 1907. In 1907 Hitler went to Vienna before his mother moved to Urfahr. The apartment had one room with a window facing the ‘Hofseite’, that used to be the kitchen. On the streetside was a living room with beds for Hitlers mother Klara and his sister Paula. Hitler had his own (small) room.
Location: Humboldtstrasse 31, third floor
Today: still there, private property
This was the house of Hitlers mother between 1905 and 1907. In 1907 Hitler went to Vienna before his mother moved to Urfahr. The apartment had one room with a window facing the ‘Hofseite’, that used to be the kitchen. On the streetside was a living room with beds for Hitlers mother Klara and his sister Paula. Hitler had his own (small) room.
The house on Humboldtstrasse 31
The house on the Humboldtstrasse today
The main entrance of the house
Inside the hall looking at the front of the house
The entrance at the back
of the house
of the house
The rear side of the house
Inside the hall, looking at the back of the house
The Humboldtstrasse. The houses next to the former Hitler home might be torn down
Linz-Urfahr
Apartment Hitler and Kubizek
Location: Kirchengasse 2, second floor
Today: still there, but we’re not sure about the authenticity of the building
Hitler and his friend Kubizek had plans to live here together. They could pay for the apartment with the money Hitler was sure he’d win with a lotteryticket he had bought. They never lived here.
Location: Kirchengasse 2, second floor
Today: still there, but we’re not sure about the authenticity of the building
Hitler and his friend Kubizek had plans to live here together. They could pay for the apartment with the money Hitler was sure he’d win with a lotteryticket he had bought. They never lived here.
The Kirchengasse 2 is the house with the entrance behind the satellite dish (left picture).
The area around the Kirchengasse is the construction site of the new Ars Electronica building.
There’s a Cosmetik Institute inside now.
The area around the Kirchengasse is the construction site of the new Ars Electronica building.
There’s a Cosmetik Institute inside now.
Linz-Urfahr
House of Stefanie Isak
Location: Kirchengasse 9
Today: the house has been torn down, there’s a building called Ars Electronica Center now
The platonic love of Hitler, Stefanie, lived near the Haupstrasse of Urfahr. When Hitlers mother got burried the funeral procession went from Linz through Urfahr to Leonding, where his mother was burried in the grave next to his father. Hitler said he had seen Stefanie on that occasion behind the window, looking at the procession. He said he found some consolation in that.
Location: Kirchengasse 9
Today: the house has been torn down, there’s a building called Ars Electronica Center now
The platonic love of Hitler, Stefanie, lived near the Haupstrasse of Urfahr. When Hitlers mother got burried the funeral procession went from Linz through Urfahr to Leonding, where his mother was burried in the grave next to his father. Hitler said he had seen Stefanie on that occasion behind the window, looking at the procession. He said he found some consolation in that.
View from the Nibbelungenbrücke to Uhrfahr (left picture). In the centre (left to the church) is the Kirchengasse 2. In front of it is the construction site of Ars Electronica (right picture), the area where the house of Stefanie must have been.
Linz-Urfahr
House of Hitlers mother
Location: Blütenstrasse 9
Today: still there, the house is closed and empty
Hitlers mother moved from Linz to Urfahr in 1907. Hitler lived in Vienna, but he also spend time in Urfahr.
Location: Blütenstrasse 9
Today: still there, the house is closed and empty
Hitlers mother moved from Linz to Urfahr in 1907. Hitler lived in Vienna, but he also spend time in Urfahr.
The two rooms to the right of the balcony belonged to the apartment of Hitlers mother.
The coloured pictures were made in 2008. The picture on th eright shows the main entrance.
The coloured pictures were made in 2008. The picture on th eright shows the main entrance.
Linz-Urfahr
Temporary house of Hitlers mother
Hauptstrasse 46
Today: there’s still a house on number 46, it could be the original building, but we’re not sure
Hitlers mother moved from Linz to Urfahr in 1907. Before moving into the apartment on the Blütenstrasse, she lived on this adress for just two weeks.
Hauptstrasse 46
Today: there’s still a house on number 46, it could be the original building, but we’re not sure
Hitlers mother moved from Linz to Urfahr in 1907. Before moving into the apartment on the Blütenstrasse, she lived on this adress for just two weeks.
Left: Hauptstrasse 46 today
Right: the main entrance
Right: the main entrance
Hermann-Göring-Werke
Location: Donau-Bundesstrasse/Stahlstrasse
Today: a company called Voestalpine has taken over the area where the Hermann-Göring-Werke used to be
Hitler visited the Hermann-Göring-Werke several times. On July 14, 1940 together with a visit to the Panzerwerk in Wels (near Linz; location unknown). On April 4, 1943 Hitler was at the Hermann-Göring-Werke again. This time he combined it with a visit to the Nibelungenwerk (a tank building company). We found information about the Nibelungenwerk St. Valentin, in the Linz region. Look here for more information. It’s in the Steyrer Strasse in St. Valentin. Nicolaus von Below mentions the Nibelungenwerk in St. Florian, another village near Linz, but this must be an incorrect location.
Today: a company called Voestalpine has taken over the area where the Hermann-
The Nibelungenwerk in St. Valentin, a factory where a lot of forced labour was done. The pictures belong to the website bob.swe.uni-linz.ac.at/Ebensee
Haus Wiesinger
Michaelsbergstrasse 1
Today: pizzeria
On February 3, 1903 Hitlers father dies when drinking a glass of wine in this Gasthaus. The sofa on which he died is still there, altough there’s new leather on it.
Michaelsbergstrasse 1
Today: pizzeria
On February 3, 1903 Hitlers father dies when drinking a glass of wine in this Gasthaus. The sofa on which he died is still there, altough there’s new leather on it.
Volksschule
Right across the church
Today: gallery
One of the two schools in Leonding Hitler was on is called the 44-Haus now, because it used to be on number 44 of the street. Some say Hitler (also) attended this school...
Right across the church
Today: gallery
One of the two schools in Leonding Hitler was on is called the 44-
Hitler on this picture, taken in his school in Leonding, is on the last row in the middle
Hitlers school
Michaelsbergstrasse
Today: Heimatmuseum
Hitler attended this school for about a year in 1899.
Michaelsbergstrasse
Today: Heimatmuseum
Hitler attended this school for about a year in 1899.
Hitler in Leonding
Grave of Edmund, Alois and Klara Hitler
Cemetery right across the road of the Michaelsbergstrasse 16
Today: the grave of Hitlers parents is still there, the grave of his brother Edmund, who died in 1900 has long gone.
Hitler visited the grave of his parents when he was in Austria on March 12, 1938. Hitlers younger brother Edmund was burried here too.
Cemetery right across the road of the Michaelsbergstrasse 16
Today: the grave of Hitlers parents is still there, the grave of his brother Edmund, who died in 1900 has long gone.
Hitler visited the grave of his parents when he was in Austria on March 12, 1938. Hitlers younger brother Edmund was burried here too.
Left: The graveyard were Hitlers parents are burried. The first gravestone on the left side of the picture, is the grave of Alois and Klara Hitler
Right: When Hitler visited the grave of his parents he met his old history teacher
Right: When Hitler visited the grave of his parents he met his old history teacher
Michaelsbergstrasse 16
Today: still there
Adolf Hitlers family lived here from 1898 untill 1905. At first he walked to school in Linz. Later Adolf lived in Steyr for a while to go to the Realschule there, because he hadn’t finished the school in Linz. His father dies in 1903. His mother moves to Linz in 1905.
Today: still there
Adolf Hitlers family lived here from 1898 untill 1905. At first he walked to school in Linz. Later Adolf lived in Steyr for a while to go to the Realschule there, because he hadn’t finished the school in Linz. His father dies in 1903. His mother moves to Linz in 1905.
Hitlers former home in Leonding,
after the Anschluss
after the Anschluss
Left: Hitler with the Leonding church in the background
Right: Hitler at the grave of his parents
Right: Hitler at the grave of his parents
