Maximilianstürme

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Maximilian storms (or Linzer towers) of the tower attachment Linz were two or three-storey towers, as a defensive cont of the entrenched bearing of Linz ( 1828 - 36 were built). They are named after their builder, Archduke Maximilian Joseph of Austria-Este ( 1782 - 1863 ). 32 mutually flanking towers formed a belt around the otherwise open city of Linz.

The upper floor of a Maximiliansturm was intended for the installation of howitzers , which were supposed to fire indirectly outwards over the area in front, a platform with heavy cannons covered by a face defense served to control the area immediately. The lower, sunken floors contained accommodation and storage rooms.

After the introduction of rifled artillery, the Maximilianstürme became untenable.