Pöstlingberg

Pöstlingberg Mountain, Upper Austria, alt. 539 m, local mountain of Linz and popular destination for day-trips above the left bank of the River Danube in the district of Urfahr, affording an admirable view of the area; many recreational opportunities, grotto railway (built in 1906, underground track with fairy-tale figures, deer enclosure in former moat) and Pöstlingberg-Bahn railway (steepest adhesion railway in the world, built in 1897/98; the line ends at the tower of an outer fort built between 1831 and 1837); conservation area; place of pilgrimage since 1720; Baroque pilgrimage church (1738-1774), pyramidal tower roofs by R. Jeblinger (1891/1892), ceiling frescoes (around 1900) by A. Groll. One tower collapsed after a fire and was rebuilt in 1963.