Linz - Upper Austrian Provincial Theater

(Local Name: Landestheater) To the west of the Landhaus in Linz stands the Theater (Landestheater), built in 1803 and extended by Clemens Holzmeister in 1956 to include a hall for chamber music.

The site was originally a customs house compound but was turned into a riding school in 1670. The theater was added in 1803, with a facade in the Empire style. In 1909, the riding school was demolished, and the site became an open air practice area, while the adjacent Ballhaus became a building for indoor ball games.

The theater itself was redesigned in 1957and extended to included a separate building for smaller theater productions.