1800 - 1847
During the Napoleonic Wars against France the city was reoccupied by French and Bavarian forces in 1800/01, 1805/06 and 1809, with a bloody battle on the 3rd of May 1809, fought at the crossing of the river Traun where Ebelsberg stands today. In 1800, as an indirect result of the Napoleonic Wars a huge fire ravaged the castle, the Landhaus and great portions of the old town.
During the following years the now useless fortifications were torn down. Upon an initiative of Archduke Maximilian d’Este Linz received a new defence in the form of a fortified camp (1831-37) whose defensive capabilities were never put to the test, however.
The 19th century brought technological innovations, such as the introduction of steam boats on the Danube (1837/38) and the construction of the horse-drawn railway, the first railway on the continent, from Linz to Ceske Budejovice (1832) and Gmunden (1836).
1842 - 1844
The Martin Luther Church is built to plans by Johann Rueff.
The altarpiece is by Franz Bobleter, a painter from Linz.
1841/42
The Sisters of Mercy erect a monastery with chapel and hospital on Herrenstraße.
1840
Founding of the shipyard by Ignaz Mayer.
1832, 21st July
Emperor Franz I and Enpress Karoline inspect the new horse-drawn railway Linz-Ceske Budejovice by riding it fromUrfahr to St. Magdalena.
1831 - 1835
Extension of the fortifications at Linz by Archduke Maximilian d’Este in the form of 32 defensive towers, a boom across the Danube and a fort on the Pöstlingberg.
1827
Josef Hafner founds a lithographic institute, in which numerous views of the city, maps and other printed materials are produced.
1825 - 1832
Construction of the horse-drawn railway between Linz and Ceské Budejovice. The line is extended to Gmunden in 1836.
1821
Founding of the ’Association of Music Lovers’, which was a significant step in the development of the musical life of the city.
1817
Urfahr is awarded the right to hold two annual fairs.
1813
The painter Johann Baptist Reiter is born in Urfahr.
1812
Ludwig van Beethoven, whose brother owns a pharmacy in Linz, completes his 8th symphony while residing in the city.
May 1809 to January 1810
Linz occupied by French troops.
3rd May 1809
A bloody battle at Ebelsberg between Austrian and French troops causes great damage to the market town.
1808
Urfahr village is elevated to the rank of a market town by Emperor Franz I of Austria.
4th – 9th November 1805
French Emperor Napoleon resides in theLinz Landhaus.
November 1805 to January 1806
French troops occupy Linz.
1801 – 1803
Construction of a theatre by heads of the province upstream of the Enns next to the Redutensaal (today’s Landestheater).
December 1800 – March 1801
French troops occupy Linz.
15th to 18th August 1800
Catastrophic fire in the city, starting in the castle.
