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When you are walking in Salzburg and discovering the city then you would find that when you follow the natural border of the Kapuzinerberg lying in between Platzl Square and Franz-Josef-Strasse, you would come to Linzergasse, Salzburg. This Linzergasse, Salzburg is the busiest road of Salzburg and the history of its being busy started from the Roman times.

Linzergasse in Salzburg is also known as the sister of the Getreidegasse which you would find on the left side of the Salzach River. For centuries those who enter or leave Salzburg from the Linzertor Gate went through Linzergasse, Salzburg.

In Linzergasse, Salzburg you would find various buildings and most of these buildings that you would find in Linzergasse of Salzburg are actually built during the 14th and 15th century. With time these have been re-modelled again and again. There was a great fire in 1818, which finally caused great damages to the Mirabell Castle, the Dreifaltigkeitskirche and the Primogeniturpalast.

When you are going on a trip to Linzergasse, Salzburg, you would find that there is a busy lane of small craftsmen and merchants. A famous area of Linzergasse in Salzburg is Platz Square. Here you would find the house of famous naturalist and doctor Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim.

When you go for a tour to Linzergasse in Salzburg you would come to the house number 7 which houses the “Engel Apotheke”. This is the pharmacy where the famous expressionist poet Georg Trakl worked in 1887. The house number 9 is also famous because it is the “Gabler Bräu” which is a famous brewery. In this house Richard Mayr was also born in 1877.

Walk further down the LInzgasse, Salzburg and you would come to the entrance of ‘Passion Walk’ on the right hand side. Take this path and it will lead you to the Kapuziner Abbey and enjoy varieties of views of Slazburg. Walk further down and you would come to the Sebastianskirche church whose cemetery is also famous. The Linzergasse lane of Salzburg ends near St Sebastian which was a gate of city walls till 1894.

There are two wonderful features of Linzergasse. One being that here you would find small merchants and traditional craftsmen in the lane who are proud of being the residents of this famous lane and the other being the “Linzergassenfest” which you would see here in the summer every year. It brings together both the tourists and the locals.

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