Summer calligraphy course with Eva Pöll

In the footsteps of Josef Linschinger through the Salzkammergut

The Bartlhaus Museum of Literature and Local History and the Traunsee-Almtal Tourism Association inviting in cooperation with the Bad Ischl Tourist Office and the city of Gmunden, to the ‘Kulturroas Salzkammergut" tour to visit Josef Linschinger's sculptures in public spaces in the Salzkammergut region.

The Kulturroas programme:

The tour will be conducted in a modern coach! Ms Angelika Doppelbauer, curator of the Museum of Writing, will lead the tour and provide expert commentary on all of the sculptures.

9:45 a.m. Meeting point at the Bartlhaus Museum of Literature and Local History in Pettenbach

The tour begins at 10:00 a.m. with a visit to the WORTBILDER BILDWORTE exhibition at the Bartlhaus.

The journey continues to Gmunden, where shortly after 11:00 a.m. we will visit the 240 cm high artwork VOKALE from 1996 on the Esplanade. This was created as part of the 10 YEARS OF THE GMUNDNER SYMPOSION FOR CONCRETE ART to mark 1000 YEARS OF EASTERN AUSTRIA. 

The next stop is in Altmünster at a park near the cemetery, where the sculpture TRINITÄT II from 2003/07 is located.

We have planned two stops in Traunkirchen, one at the Waldcampus Österreich with the sculpture WALD&WILD from 2024, which was also created as part of the European Capital of Culture Salzkammergut 2024 and is intended to symbolise the institute's teaching content.

After a short lunch break, we will visit the second sculpture in Traunkirchen, located in the monastery courtyard. ‘ECCE’ was created between 2012 and 2025 and is an intervention with five sculptures of interdenominational and secular content.

The tour continues to Ebensee, where the sculpture ‘TRIAS’, also created in 2024, stands at the entrance to the industrial park. The opening of the industrial park symbolises three aspects, including NATURE, ECONOMY and CULTURE.

At around 2.30 p.m., we arrive in Bad Ischl, where the sculpture ‘EUROPE CUBE’ from 2025 stands at the roundabout near the railway station and the Eurothermen Resort. In memory of the Salzkammergut 2024 Capital of Culture, donated by the Bad Ischl Cultural Platform.

After a leisurely coffee break, the tour returns to its starting point at the Bartlhaus in Pettenbach.

How to get to the starting point of the Kulturroas Salzkammergut at Bartlhaus in Pettenbach in the Almtal valley:

We recommend travelling by public transport!

By train:
From Wels station, take the Almtalbahn (line 153) towards Grünau im Almtal to Pettenbach station. There are numerous connections from Wels station to the main trains on the Westbahn line (line 101) to Linz/Vienna or Salzburg and to Passau. (line 150)

Pettenbach station is only 5 minutes away from the Bartlhaus.

Or take the Salzkammergut Shuttle Service Route 70 from Scharnstein or Vorchdorf to the Pettenbach station stop. Please call the taxi centre at least 1 hour in advance on 050-422 422 to book your journey.

Arriving by bicycle:
From Wels or Linz, take the R 11 Almtal Cycle Path to Pettenbach. Or via the R 4 Traun Cycle Path or R6 Römer Cycle Path, or from Passau via Vöcklabruck and Schwanenstadt to Lambach, via the Traunkraftwerk Lambach power station and on to Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting in the direction of Vorchdorf Einsiedling. Continue via the cycle path briefly on the R 13 Traunviertler cycle path to the R 11 Almtal cycle path to Pettenbach. You can also take the cycle path on the Traunvierteltour from Gmunden via St. Konrad and Scharnstein to Pettenbach.

From the cycle path towards the centre of Pettenbach, directly to the Bartlhaus.

By car:
A1 motorway: Vienna – Voralpenkreuz-A9 junction – Ried/Tr. exit – Voitsdorf – Pettenbach
Motorway A8 Passau - Wels - Voralpenkreuz A9 - exit Ried/Tr.Voitsdorf - Pettenbach
Motorway A1: Munich - Salzburg - Regau - on the B145 to Gmunden, also when arriving from Bad Ischl - B120 to Scharnstein - Pettenbach

Parking is limited at Bartlhaus, further possibilities at the train station and in the centre of Pettenbach.

Please only use the designated parking spaces at the boarding points and be considerate of private property!
Thank you for your cooperation!