5. From Linz to Salzburg.
77 ½ M. Railway in 3-5 ½ hrs. (fares 10 K. 90, 6 K. 60, 3 K. 70 h.;
express 15 K. 40, 9 K. 60, 5 K. 20h.).
Linz, see p. 86. — 17 M. Wels (1026 ft.; Rail. Restaurant,
with R.; Höng's Hôtel Greif; Schwarzer Adler; Post; Kaiserin von
Oesterreich, at the station), an old town (12,200 inhab.) on the
Traun, with a restored Gothic church and an old castle in which.
Emp. Maximilian I. died in 1519. The public archives and a col-
lection of Roman antiquities may be visited. The town contains
numerous borings, the gas issuing from which is used to heat and
light the houses, as well as for motive power. The Marienwarte,
on the Rainberg (1280 ft.; ½ hr.), commands a wide prospect.
From Wels to Simbach 56 ½ M., railway in 3½ hrs. — 5 M. Haiding
(see below). — 18 ½ M. Neumarkt-Kallham (branch to Schärding see below).
31 ½ M. Ried (Hirsch; Löwe), a thriving district-capital (5700 inhab.) and
the junction of the Salzkammergut-Bahn (Schärding to Steinach, see below).
Beyond several unimportant stations the line crosses the Inn at the old
town of (54 ½ M.) Braunau and at (56 ½ M.) Simbach it reaches the Bavarian
frontier (Rail. Restaurant). From Simbach to Munich, 76 M., railway in
4 ½ hrs., see Baedeker's Southern Germany.
From Wels to Aschach, 17 ½ M., railway in 1 ½ hr., viâ Haiding
(see above), Breitenaich, and (12 ½ M.) Eferding. The last is one of the
most ancient places in Upper Austria, where, Chriemhild passed the night
on her journey to the land of the Huns (Nibelungen-Lied, 21st Adventure).
Beautiful early-Gothic church. — 17 ½ M. Aschach, see p. 89.
From Wels To GrÜnau, 29 M., railway in 2 ½ hrs., ascending the
picturesque Almtal. From (9 ¼ M.) Sattledt branch-line to (10 ½ M.) Unter-
Rohr (p. 88). — 29 N. Grünau. Pleasant excursion hence to the Almsee,
12 M. to the S., at the foot of the Tote Cebirge.
24 M. Lambach (1100 ft.; Rail. Restaurant, with rooms;
Schwarzes Rössl), an old town ( 1600 inhab.) with a large Bene-
dictine Abbey, founded in 1032.
From Lambach to Gmunden, 17 M., narrow-gauge railway in 1 ½ hr.,
through the finely wooded Trauntal. Stations: 8 M. Roitham; 9 M. Traun-
fall (footpath to the Traun Falls, 1 M.; comp. p. 107); 10 ½ M. Aichberg-
Sleyrermühle, with a large paper-mill. — 17 M. Gmunden, see p. 105.
The line quits the Traun and enters the valley of the Ager.
On the left, the Traunstein and the Höllen-Gebirge. — 34 ½ M.
Attnang-Puchheim (1360 ft.; Railway Hotel & Restaurant), junc-
tion of the line to Ischl and Aussee (see p. 105 ).
From Attnang to Schärding, 42 M., railway in 2 ½ hrs. — 7 M. Manning-
Wolfsegg; 2 M. to the E. lies the small town of Wolfsegg (Post), charm-
ingly situated on the slope of the Hausruck. Fine views from the Schloss-
Park and the 'Schanze'. — 10 ½ M. Holzleithen; branch-line to Thomasroith,
in a coal-mining district. The train penetrates the Hausruck by a tunnel
770 yds. long, and descends to (20 ½ M.) Ried (see above). The train approaches
the Inn near (36 ½ M.) Suben and reaches (42 M.) Schärding (Kreuz), an
old town on the right bank of the Inn. From Schärding to Neumarkt, see
above; to Passou (Ratisbon, etc.), see Baedeker's Southern Germany.
To the left, the old château of Puchheim; in the background, the
Höllen-Gebirge. — 37 ½ M. Vöcklabruck (1420 ft.; Rail. Restau-
rant; Post) is a pleasant little town on the Ager; on a height on
the E. side stands the old Gothic church of Schöndorf.