Linz - New Cathedral
Parallel to the Landstrasse in Linz on the west runs Herrenstrasse, on the western side of which stands the New Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Neuer Dom, Maria-Empfängnis-Dom), a three-aisled Neo-Gothic pillared basilica of yellow sandstone with an ambulatory surrounded by a ring of chapels. This massive building, constructed between 1862 and 1924 to the plans of the Cologne architect Vinzenz Statz, covers a rather larger area than St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna and has a tower 135m/445ft high.
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The great organ was built in 1968. In the crypt lies the grave of the greatest of all the bishops of Linz, Franz Josef Rudigier.
The cathedral includes a spectacular stained glass window called the "Linz-Window," depicting the history of the town.
Also worth noting is a large nativity scene kept in the crypt. The figures ware by Sebastian Osterrieder.
The cathedral includes a spectacular stained glass window called the "Linz-Window," depicting the history of the town.
Also worth noting is a large nativity scene kept in the crypt. The figures ware by Sebastian Osterrieder.
