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Official city hiking trail 1
City hiking trail 1: Freinberg
The hill above the old town: forest park, lookout tower and villa fringes.
From the edge of the old town the trail climbs into the Freinberg forest park: old trees, the Franz-Josefs-Warte lookout, and again and again views of the city and the Danube. At the top stand the landmark transmitter tower and the Aloisianum Jesuit college, surrounded by the green residential slopes of Freinberg and Froschberg.
Getting there: 26 to Linz/Donau Vergeinerstraße, 18 m to the trailhead. Loop trail: you finish where you started.
The official route and its data
The coloured line is the official, signposted route of the series, as mapped in OpenStreetMap. Toggle a data layer, or tap anywhere on the map to see trees, noise, heat and travel times for that exact spot.
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About 229 m of climbing and 197 m of descent, between 260 and 376 m above sea level. Sampled every 25 m from open elevation data; walking time uses the standard hiking formula (4 km/h plus 300 m of climb per hour).
For anyone who wants to see how close forest and centre sit in Linz: the Froschberg is one of the city’s most sought-after places to live, and this trail shows why.
The climb out of the city is short but real, and on fine weekends the forest park gets busy. Sturdy shoes are all you need.
What changes along the way
Every 200 metres of the trail, sampled against wohnwahn’s data. The curves run from the start (left) to the finish (right). In short: 64% green along the built-up stretches · 93% quiet · 229 m of climbing.
Values are 0 to 100 per 250 m residential cell. Forest and fields have no cells, so the profile honestly pauses there; curves only appear once they cover at least half the trail. Source: heat model from surface sealing, environmental noise map, green-space proximity, footfall and own transit routing.
What’s along the way
Counted within about 140 metres of the route, from our data.
Living along this trail
Real listings within about 500 metres of the route: local recreation from your own front door.
70 m from the routeInnere StadtExclusive office/practice space for rent in the heart of Linz near the promenade!€ 650/month · 1 rm · 10.1 m²
70 m from the routeInnere StadtSpacious 2-room apartment in the center of Linz€ 899/month · 75.8 m²
100 m from the routeInnere StadtAbove the rooftops of Linz - Exclusive penthouse apartment with unoverlooked rooftop terrace on Landstraße for rent!€ 4,093/month · 4 rm · 220 m²
150 m from the routeInnere StadtBeautiful 2-room apartment with loggia in the center near Landstraße - Marienstraße 12€ 1,015/month · 2 rm · 59.3 m²
270 m from the routeInnere StadtModern 3-room apartment for rent in exclusive location at Linz Taubenmarkt!€ 1,106/month · 3 rm · 64 m²
380 m from the routeInnere StadtElegant 3-room apartment with small balcony at Pfarrplatz 13€ 1,178/month · 3 rm · 70.8 m²The areas along this trail
The full profile of each area in the atlas: trees, quiet, prices, travel times.
About this trail
How long is city hiking trail 1?
About 8.5 km on the signposted route, with roughly 229 m of climbing. We calculate about 2:30 h of walking using the standard hiking formula (4 km/h plus 300 m of climb per hour): no official time is published.
How do I get to the trailhead by public transport?
26 to Linz/Donau Vergeinerstraße, 18 m to the trailhead. The trail is a loop, so you finish where you started.
Is this the official route?
Yes. The line follows the signposted city hiking trail 1 of the City of Linz. The city publishes no open route dataset, so we use the OpenStreetMap mapping of the series (ODbL), walked through in one go, and add our own data on top.
Which areas does it cross?
Froschberg, Innere Stadt. Each links to its full profile in the neighbourhood atlas.
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Route: signposted Linz city trail series as mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), walked through including marked spurs. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO. Elevation: Austria terrain data © offene Daten Österreichs – Digitales Geländemodell (DGM) Österreich; walking time calculated (standard hiking formula), not an official figure. Data profile: heat model from surface sealing, environmental noise map (BMK), green-space proximity, footfall and own transit routing on the Linz AG Linien and ÖBB timetables. Data as of 2026-08-27.