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Official city hiking trail 9
City hiking trail 9: Tower trail
Tower to tower: the fortification line from the 1830s.
In the 19th century Linz was a fortress town: a ring of defensive towers of the Maximilian fortification circled the city. This trail links surviving towers across the heights and edges of Urfahr, through forest and settlements, with history at every stop and city views in between.
Getting there: 19 to Leonding Turm 9 - Stadtmuseum, 123 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 266 m of climbing and 261 m of descent, between 260 and 396 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 the history-curious and anyone who wants to walk the green belt above Urfahr in one go: the towers give the trail its thread, the places between them the picture of living there.
Most towers are privately owned or locked and can only be seen from outside. The appeal lies in the walk and the views, not in open doors.
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: 45% green along the built-up stretches · 68% quiet · 266 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.
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430 m from the routePöstlingbergModern 3-Room Apartment with Spacious Sunny Balcony in Pöstlingberg Including Underground Garage!€ 390,000 · 3 rm · 68 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 9?
About 10.9 km on the signposted route, with roughly 266 m of climbing. We calculate about 3:10 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?
19 to Leonding Turm 9 - Stadtmuseum, 123 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 9 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, Leonding. 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.