She escaped, crawled through the usual mine fields, under barbed wire, was shot at, swam a river, and we finally picked her up in Linz.

He was also a mathematics teacher in Linz, Austria, and an adviser to General Wallenstein.

In the year 2009, Vilnius was the European Capital of Culture, together with the Austrian city of Linz.

Vilnius was selected as a 2009 European Capital of Culture, along with Linz, the capital of Upper Austria.

The duchy of Carinthia was released as an imperial fief on 2 May 1335 in Linz to his Habsburg relatives Albert II, Duke of Austria and Otto, Duke of Austria.

Anton Bruckner was born in Ansfelden ( then a village, now a suburb of Linz ) on 4 September 1824.

The Anton Bruckner Private University for Music, Drama, and Dance, an institution of higher education in Linz, close to his native Ansfelden, was named after him in 1932 (" Bruckner Conservatory Linz " until 2004 ).

The Bruckner Orchester Linz was also named in his honor.

A combined plan of operations was made by the French, Saxons and Prussians for the rescue of Linz.

The name Linz was first recorded in AD 799.

Adolf Hitler was born in the border town of Braunau am Inn but moved to Linz in his childhood.

After elementary education in Leonding, Hitler was enrolled in the Realschule ( school ) in Linz, as was the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.

In addition to an ordnance depot, Linz has a benzol ( oil ) plant which was bombed during the Oil Campaign on 16 October 1944.

Linz was a key location in the Austrian Civil War.

János Batsányi ( May 11, 1763, Tapolca – May 12, 1845, Linz ) was a Hungarian poet.

After the fall of Napoleon he was given up to the Austrians, who allowed him to reside at Linz until his death, on condition that he never left town.

Astaire's mother was born in the United States to Lutheran German immigrants from East Prussia and Alsace, while Astaire's father was born in Linz, Austria, to Jewish parents who had converted to Catholicism.

The horse-drawn railroad line connecting České Budějovice to Linz was the second oldest public line in continental Europe ( after the St. Etienne-Andrézieux line in France ), constructed from 1824 to 1832 ; mere traces of the line can be seen south of the city center.

It was his last completed work, also presented in October 1989 at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria.

After a failed attempt to bribe his way free of his guards, Rupert was imprisoned in Linz.

Despite attempts by a Franco-Swedish army to seize Linz and free Rupert, his release was ultimately negotiated through Leopold and the Empress Anna Maria ; in exchange for a commitment never again to take up arms against the Emperor, Rupert would be released.

Following the Battle of Aspern-Essling, Charles massed whatever forces he could spare, recalling two thirds of III Korps from Linz, but, with war raging on secondary theatres, he was unable or unwilling to recall any additional forces.

Alexander David Linz ( born January 3, 1989 ) is an American actor who starred in several late 1990s and early 2000s films and television programs as a child actor.

Georg von Peuerbach ( also Purbach, Peurbach, Purbachius, his real surname is unknown ) ( born May 30, 1423 in Peuerbach near Linz – April 8, 1461 in Vienna ) was an Austrian astronomer, mathematician and instrument maker.

Haas was born at Leonding near Linz in Austria-Hungary into a rich family, his grandfather being a doctor and his father Eduard Haas II owning a flourishing grocery store.

Angela Maria " Geli " Raubal was born in Linz, where she grew up with her brother, Leo, and a sister, Elfriede.

He was born in Linz, Austria to Elisabeth Seifferth, an actress who played soubrette roles at the local theatre.

Lizvlx was born in Linz ( AT ) and grew up in Wels, Salzburg and Elmira ( Upstate New York ).

Elisabeth (" Sissy ") Theurer ( born 20 September 1956 in Linz, Oberösterreich ) is a horse rider from Austria, who is known as Elisabeth Max-Theurer after marriage.

Ignaz Schiffermüller ( born 2 October 1727 in Hellmonsödt ; died 21 June 1806 in Linz ) was an Austrian naturalist mainly interested in Lepidoptera.

Pablo Chinchilla Vega ( born December 21, 1978 in San José ) is a Costa Rican footballer who currently plays for LASK Linz in the Austrian Football Bundesliga.

Van Staa was born in Linz, Upper Austria ().

Bruno Buchberger ( born October 22, 1942 in Innsbruck ) is Professor of Computer Mathematics at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria.

Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger ( born 1956 in Linz, Austria ) is a teacher and former Benedictine nun who was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church when she and six others were ordained as priests by an Independent Catholic Bishop in 2002, called herself a Roman Catholic priest and refused to recant.

Valie Export ( often written as ' VALIE EXPORT ') ( born May 17, 1940 in Linz as Waltraud Lehner, later Waltraud Hollinger ) is an Austrian artist.

Raina A. Mercedes Echerer ( born 16 May 1963 in Linz ) is an Austrian film and stage actress, host of TV and radio shows, and politician.

Gregorius Thomas Ziegler, bishop of Linz ( March 7, 1770 – April 15, 1852 ), was born at Kirchheim in Schwaben near Augsburg.

Mayrhofer was born in Linz and studied Indo-European and Semitic linguistics and philosophy in Graz, where he received his Ph. D. in 1949.

Philip Francis Linz ( born June 4, 1939 in Baltimore, Maryland ) is an American former backup infielder in Major League Baseball.

It also has development centers at Singapore, Santa Ana, California, and Linz, Austria.

In addition to the original New York City-based dorkbot (" dorkbot-nyc "), current and planned groups exist in London, Bristol, Ghent, San Francisco, Linz, Melbourne, Sydney, Mumbai, Seattle, Rotterdam, Lisbon, Sofia, Chicago, Southern California, Barcelona, Switzerland, Orlando, Madrid, Oxford, Detroit, Newcastle, Mexico City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Oregon, Austin, Dallas, Baltimore, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Georgia ( at Georgia Tech ), Bahia, Beijing, Eindhoven, Toronto, Tokyo, Vienna, Copenhagen, Montevideo, Milan and Alba ( Scotland ) ( the current list, and map, can be seen at dorkbot. org ).