Old City Hall

This edifice dates from 1513/1514 and was newly built by Meister Christoph following a town fire. The core of the building attained its present appearance in the course of an enlargement (1658/59). During the 19th and 20th centuries, the adjacent houses were purchased and structurally integrated in the period from 1993 to 1999. The building has stylistic elements ranging from the Gothic and Renaissance to the Baroque and the contemporary. There are lanes running from the Hauptplatz to the Pfarrplatz and from the Rathausgasse to the Pfarrgasse. The building is the seat of the city council and the central administration of the city. It houses an attractive arcade courtyard with a restaurant and the  "Linz-Genesis" (german)  (new window) museum, which focuses on city history.