Town Fortification Freistadt-Linzertor

The construction of the Linzertor took place in the 13th century as part of Freistadt's city fortifications. Around 1485, it was redesigned in the late Gothic style under master builder Mathes Klayndl, with a bastille also being added in front. During the Baroque period, the gate received a characteristic onion dome on the gable of its hipped roof. Originally, the gate served as a passage for the old trade route from Enns to Bohemia and later for Federal Highway 125, until a bypass road was built in the 1960s. In the Middle Ages, it was equipped with a drawbridge, the slots for its swing beams still visible today. During the day, the drawbridge was lowered, and the gate was closed at dusk. Around 1964 and 1971, pedestrian passages were created on both sides of the gate through the outer city wall to accommodate increasing traffic.