17th May 2008: Walking Tour of Pöstlingberg
2 p.m. Meeting place: Dreifaltigkeitssäule (Trinity Column) on the Hauptplatz (Main Square)Greeting and introduction
Musical welcome: Fanfare by Edith Lettner
Historical briefing about the Hauptplatz
Ecological briefing (What lives in the city?)
2:30 p.m. Walk across the Nibelungen Bridge to the Neues Rathaus (New City Hall)
Topic: the Danube from a cultural and an ecological perspective
Optional: walk to the rooftop of the Neues Rathaus for a musical intervention: contemporary brass music by Edith Lettner
3 p.m. Intersection of Knabenseminarstraße & Hauptstraße: boundary of downtown Urfahr’s high-density zone and the adjacent low-density residential neighborhood
Historical briefing about the events of February 1934
Intervention: Tonzoomer
3:15 p.m. Knabenseminarstraße: optional walk through a side street to view gardens
3:30 p.m. Intersection of Knabenseminarstraße & Petrinumstraße: formerly a small neighborhood grocery store, now the atelier of “cap artist” Michael Mallinger
Art exhibit (or “art fashion show” featuring cap creations)
4:00 p.m. Petrinum: Reception by Director Franz Asanger
Viewing of the school’s inner courtyard with its historical gardens; briefing on the Petrinum’s history and what makes it such a special place
Artistic intervention by the Turmbläser brass ensemble and music played on three organs by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kreuzhuber, director of the Diocesan Conservatory for Sacred Music located in the Petrinum
Reception by Mr. Dornetshuber, the administrator of the Petrinum’s Mayrhof, and a briefing about this centuries-old farm that used to provide the Petrinum and the diocese with agricultural products
4:45 p.m. Kreuzweg, Military Cemetery
Storytelling intervention by Pilar Walter
5:15 p.m. Kreuzweg, Maximilianischer Turm – 20er Turm
Storytelling intervention by Pilar Walter, optional viewing of the towers
Contemporary brass music by Edith Lettner and contemporary literature by Pilar Walter
5:30 p.m. Walk across the Mayrwiese meadow to Pöstlingberg
View of Linz and the green belt surrounding the inner city; of particular interest: sparse grassland vegetation featuring rare plants
6 p.m. Pöstlingberg: Terrace offering a panoramic view of Linz
Briefing on the urban landscape
Musical interlude: “Dunaj” interpreted by Bogdan & Gotthard
6:30 p.m. Pöstlingberg Church: Reception by the Reverend Mag. Pichler and a guided tour of the church
In planning: musical intervention inside the church by Lettner & Kreuzhuber
7:00 p.m. Walk down Matoschstraße to the Mitterberger Inn (Gusner)
A gemütliche conclusion to the tour with music and conversation
Music: Bogdan & Gotthard
Open End
Walk back to Urfahr via Pflasterbach and Aubergstraße
Fee: € 10
Registration