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Capital city of Salzburg, Austria | WIKI |
Salzburg From top, left to right: view of Hohensalzburg Fortress, University of Salzburg in front of the Salzach, with Nonnberg Abbey in the background, Salzburg Cathedral, Roittner-Durchhaus, Getreidegasse Coat of armsSalzburgLocation within AustriaShow map of SalzburgSalzburgSalzburg (Austria)Show map of AustriaCoordinates: 47xc2xb048xe2x80xb20xe2x80xb3N 13xc2xb002xe2x80xb20xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf47.80000xc2xb0N 13.03333xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 47.80000; 13.03333Coordinates: 47xc2xb048xe2x80xb20xe2x80xb3N 13xc2xb002xe2x80xb20xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf47.80000xc2xb0N 13.03333xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 47.80000; 13.03333Countryxc2xa0AustriaStateSalzburgDistrictStatutory cityGovernmentxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0MayorHarald Preuner (xc3x96VP)Area[1]xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Total65.65xc2xa0km2 (25.35xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)Elevation424xc2xa0m (1,391xc2xa0ft)Populationxc2xa0(1 October 2020)[2]xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Total157,245xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Density2,400/km2 (6,200/sqxc2xa0mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code5020Area code0662Vehicle registrationSWebsitewww.stadt-salzburg.at | WIKI |
Salzburg (Austrian German: [xcbx88saltsbxcax8axc9x90k]; German: [xcbx88zaltsbxcax8axc9x90k] (listen);[note 1] literally "Salt Fortress"; Bavarian: Soizbuag) is the capital city of the State of Salzburg and fourth-largest city in Austria. | WIKI |
Salzburg was founded as an episcopal see in 696 and became a seat of the archbishop in 798. | WIKI |
In the 17th century, Salzburg became a centre of the Counter-Reformation, where monasteries and numerous Baroque churches were built. | WIKI |
Salzburg's historic centre (German: Altstadt) is thus renowned for its Baroque architecture and is one of the best-preserved city centres north of the Alps, with 27 churches. | WIKI |
Tourists also visit Salzburg to tour the historic centre and the scenic Alpine surroundings. | WIKI |
Salzburg was the birthplace of the 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. | WIKI |
Because of its history, culture, and attractions, Salzburg has been labeled Austria's "most inspiring city. | WIKI |
Contents 1 History 1.1 Antiquity to the High Middle Ages 1.2 Independence 1.3 Modern era 1.3.1 Religious conflict 1.3.2 Illuminism 1.4 Electorate of Salzburg 1.5 Austrian annexation of Salzburg 1.6 Salzburg under Bavarian rule 1.7 Division of Salzburg and annexation by Austria and Bavaria 1.8 20th century 1.8.1 First Republic 1.8.2 Annexation by the Third Reich 1.8.3 World War II 1.8.4 Present day 2 Geography 2.1 Climate 3 Population 4 Architecture 4.1 Romanesque and Gothic 4.2 Renaissance and baroque 4.3 Classical modernism and post-war modernism 4.4 Contemporary architecture 5 Districts 6 Main sights 7 Education 7.1 Universities and higher education institutions 8 Notable citizens 9 Events 10 Transport 11 Popular culture 12 Language 13 Sports 13.1 Football 13.2 Ice hockey 13.3 Other sports 14 International relations 14.1 Twin townsxe2x80x94sister cities 15 Gallery 16 See also 17 Notes 18 References 19 Bibliography 20 External links | WIKI |
See also: Timeline of Salzburg | WIKI |
The first settlements in Salzburg continuous with the present were apparently by the Celts around the 5th century BC. | WIKI |
Rupert named the city "Salzburg". | WIKI |
The name Salzburg means "Salt Castle" (Latin: Salis Burgium[citation needed]). | WIKI |
Salzburg was the seat of the Archbishopric of Salzburg, a prince-bishopric of the Holy Roman Empire. | WIKI |
As the Reformation movement gained steam, riots broke out among peasants in the areas in and around Salzburg. | WIKI |
Main article: Salzburg Protestants | WIKI |
21,475 citizens refused to recant their beliefs and were expelled from Salzburg. | WIKI |
In 1772xe2x80x931803, under archbishop Hieronymus Graf von Colloredo, Salzburg was a centre of late Illuminism. | WIKI |
Mozart would leave Salzburg for Vienna in 1781 with his family including his father Leopold staying back as he and Colloredo had a close relationship. | WIKI |
Electorate of Salzburg[edit] | WIKI |
In 1803, the archbishopric was secularised by Emperor Napoleon; he transferred the territory to Ferdinando III of Tuscany, former Grand Duke of Tuscany, as the Electorate of Salzburg. | WIKI |
Austrian annexation of Salzburg[edit] | WIKI |
In 1805, Salzburg was annexed to the Austrian Empire, along with the Berchtesgaden Provostry. | WIKI |
Salzburg under Bavarian rule[edit] | WIKI |
In 1809, the territory of Salzburg was transferred to the Kingdom of Bavaria after Austria's defeat at Wagram. | WIKI |
Division of Salzburg and annexation by Austria and Bavaria[edit] | WIKI |
After the Congress of Vienna with the Treaty of Munich (1816), Salzburg was definitively returned to Austria, but without Rupertigau and Berchtesgaden, which remained with Bavaria. | WIKI |
Salzburg was integrated into the Province of Salzach and Salzburgerland was ruled from Linz. | WIKI |
In 1850, Salzburg's status was restored as the capital of the Duchy of Salzburg, a crownland of the Austrian Empire. | WIKI |
Salzburg in 1914 | WIKI |
Following World Warxc2xa0I and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Salzburg, as the capital of one of the Austro-Hungarian territories, became part of the new German Austria. | WIKI |
The Anschluss (the occupation and annexation of Austria, including Salzburg, into the Third Reich) took place on 12 March 1938, one day before a scheduled referendum on Austria's independence. | WIKI |
Fifteen air strikes destroyed 46 percent of the city's buildings, especially those around Salzburg railway station. | WIKI |
As a result, Salzburg is one of the few remaining examples of a town of its style. | WIKI |
After World Warxc2xa0II, Salzburg became the capital city of the Federal State of Salzburg (Land Salzburg) and saw the Americans leave the area once Austria had signed a 1955 treaty reestablishing the country as a democratic and independent nation and subsequently declared its perpetual neutrality. | WIKI |
On 27 January 2006, the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, all 35 churches of Salzburg rang their bells after 8:00xc2xa0p.m. (local time) to celebrate the occasion. | WIKI |
As of 2017 Salzburg had a GDP per capita of xe2x82xac46,100, which was greater than the average for Austria and for most European countries. | WIKI |
Salzburg is on the banks of the River Salzach, at the northern boundary of the Alps. | WIKI |
The mountains to Salzburg's south contrast with the rolling plains to the north. | WIKI |
Salzburg is approximately 150xc2xa0km (93xc2xa0mi) east of Munich, 281xc2xa0km (175xc2xa0mi) northwest of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and 300xc2xa0km (186xc2xa0mi) west of Vienna. | WIKI |
Salzburg has about the same latitude of Seattle. | WIKI |
Salzburg is part of the temperate zone. | WIKI |
The Kxc3xb6ppen climate classification specifies the climate as a humid continental climate (Dfb), however, with the xe2x88x923xc2xa0xc2xb0C (27xc2xa0xc2xb0F) isotherm for the coldest month, Salzburg can be classified as having four-season oceanic climate with significant temperature differences between seasons. | WIKI |
Salzburg's official population significantly increased in 1935 when the city absorbed adjacent municipalities. | WIKI |
Around 1950, Salzburg passed the mark of 100,000 citizens, and in 2016, it reached the mark of 150,000 citizens. | WIKI |
A second cathedral planned by Santino Solari rose as the first early Baroque church in Salzburg. | WIKI |
With the fall and division of the former "Fxc3xbcrsterzbistum Salzburg" (Archbishopric) to Upper Austria, Bavaria (Rupertigau) and Tyrol (Zillertal Matrei) began a long period of urban stagnancy. | WIKI |
Buildings of classical modernism and in particular the post-war modernism are frequently encountered in Salzburg. | WIKI |
Examples are the Zahnwurzen house (a house in the Linzergassexc2xa022 in the right center of the old town), the "Lepi" (a public baths in Leopoldskron) (built 1964) and the original 1957 constructed congress centre of Salzburg, which was replaced by a new building in 2001. | WIKI |
Adding contemporary architecture to Salzburg's old town without risking its UNESCO World Heritage status is problematic. | WIKI |
Nevertheless, some new structures have been added: the Mozarteum at the Baroque Mirabell Garden (Architecture Robert Rechenauer),[27] the 2001 Congress House (Architecture: Freemasons), the 2011 Unipark Nonntal (Architecture: Storch Ehlers Partners), the 2001 "Makartsteg" bridge (Architecture: HALLE1), and the "Residential and Studio House" of the architects Christine and Horst Lechner in the middle of Salzburg's old town (winner of the architecture award of Salzburg 2010). | WIKI |
[28][29] Other examples of contemporary architecture lie outside the old town: the Faculty of Science building (Universitxc3xa4t Salzburg xe2x80x93 Architecture Willhelm Holzbauer) built on the edge of free green space, the blob architecture of Red Bull Hangar-7 (Architecture: Volkmar Burgstaller[30]) at Salzburg Airport, home to Dietrich Mateschitz's Flying Bulls and the Europark Shopping Centre. | WIKI |
Districts of Salzburg | WIKI |
Salzburg has twenty-four urban districts and three extra-urban populations. | WIKI |
View of shoppers on Getreidegasse, which is one of the oldest streets in Salzburg | WIKI |
Salzburg is a tourist favourite, with the number of visitors outnumbering locals by a large margin in peak times. | WIKI |
Historic centre of the city of Salzburg, a World Heritage Site Baroque architecture, including many churches Salzburg Cathedral (Salzburger Dom) Franciscan Church (Franziskanerkirche) Holy Trinity Church (Dreifaltigkeitskirche) Kollegienkirche Nonnberg Abbey, a Benedictine monastery St Peter's Abbey with the Petersfriedhof Hohensalzburg Fortress (Festung Hohensalzburg), overlooking the Old Town, is one of the largest castles in Europe Mirabell Palace, with its wide gardens Salzburg Residenz, the magnificent former residence of the Prince-Archbishops Residenzgalerie, an art museum in the Salzburg Residenz Residenzplatz Groxc3x9fes Festspielhaus House for Mozart Mozart's birthplace Getreidegasse St. Sebastian's Church Sphaera (Salzburg)xc2xa0[de], a sculpture of a man on a golden sphere (Stephan Balkenhol, 2007) | WIKI |
Schloss Leopoldskron, a rococo palace and national historic monument in Leopoldskron-Moos, a southern district of Salzburg Hellbrunn with its parks and castles The Sound of Music tour companies who operate tours of film locations Hangar-7, a multifunctional building owned by Red Bull, with a collection of historical airplanes, helicopters and Formula One racing cars | WIKI |
Greater Salzburg area | WIKI |
Anif Castle, located south of the city in Anif Shrine of Our Lady of Maria Plain, a late Baroque church on the northern edge of Salzburg Salzburger Freilichtmuseum Groxc3x9fgmain, an open-air museum containing old farmhouses from all over the state assembled in an historic setting Schloss Klessheim, a palace and casino, formerly used by Adolf Hitler Berghof, Hitler's mountain retreat near Berchtesgaden Kehlsteinhaus, the only remnant of Hitler's Berghof Salzkammergut, an area of lakes east of the city Untersberg mountain, next to the city on the Austriaxe2x80x93Germany border, with panoramic views of Salzburg and the surrounding Alps Skiing is an attraction during winter. | WIKI |
Salzburg itself has no skiing facilities, but it acts as a gateway to skiing areas to the south. | WIKI |
Salzburg Zoo, located south of the city in Anif | WIKI |
Salzburg is a centre of education and home to three universities, as well as several professional colleges and gymnasiums (high schools). | WIKI |
Salzburg University of Applied Sciences[31] University of Salzburg, a federal public university Paracelsus Medical University Mozarteum University Salzburg, a public music and dramatic arts university Alma Mater Europaea, a private university SEAD xe2x80x93 Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance | WIKI |
Mozart was born in Salzburg | WIKI |
The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born and raised in Salzburg when it was part of the Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg within the Holy Roman Empire, was employed as musician at the archbishopal court from 1773 to 1781. | WIKI |
Christian Doppler, expert on acoustic theory, was born in Salzburg. | WIKI |
Josef Mohr, born in Salzburg. | WIKI |
Writer Stefan Zweig, lived in Salzburg for about 15 years, until 1934. | WIKI |
Maria von Trapp (later Maria Trapp) and her family lived in Salzburg until they fled to the United States following the Nazi takeover. | WIKI |
Salzburg is the birthplace of Hans Makart, a 19th-century Austrian painter-decorator and national celebrity. | WIKI |
Writer Thomas Bernhard, raised in Salzburg and spent part of his life there. | WIKI |
He was born in Salzburg and died in 1989 in neighbouring Anif. | WIKI |
Roland Ratzenberger, Formula One driver, was born in Salzburg. | WIKI |
Paracelsus, Swiss physician, alchemist and astrologer of the German Renaissance, died in Salzburg. | WIKI |
Klaus Ager, distinguished contemporary composer and Mozarteum professor, was born in Salzburg on 10 May 1946. | WIKI |
Alex Jesaulenko, former Australian rules footballer for Carlton and Australian Football Hall of Fame member with "Legend" status was born in Salzburg on 2 August 1945. | WIKI |
Georg Trakl, one of the most important voices in German literature was born in Salzburg. | WIKI |
Theodor Herzl, worked in the courts in Salzburg during the year after he earned his law degree in 1884. | WIKI |
The Salzburg Festival is a famous music and theatre festival that attracts visitors during the months of July and August each year. | WIKI |
A smaller Salzburg Easter Festival is held around Easter each year. | WIKI |
The Europrix multimedia award takes place in Salzburg. | WIKI |
Electric Love Festival takes place in Salzburg | WIKI |
Map of the Salzburg trolleybus system | WIKI |
Salzburg Hauptbahnhof is served by comprehensive rail connections, with frequent eastxe2x80x93west trains serving Vienna, Munich, Innsbruck, and Zxc3xbcrich, including daily high-speed ICE services. | WIKI |
In the main city, there is the Salzburg trolleybus system and bus system with a total of more than 20 lines, and service every 10 minutes. | WIKI |
Salzburg has an S-Bahn system with four Lines (S1, S2, S3, S11), trains depart from the main station every 30 minutes, and they are part of the xc3x96BB network. | WIKI |
In the 1960s, The Sound of Music, based on the true story of Maria von Trapp, who took up with an aristocratic family and fled the German Anschluss, used locations in and around Salzburg and the state of Salzburg as filming locations. | WIKI |
Salzburg is the setting for the Austrian crime series Stockinger. | WIKI |
In the 2010 film Knight & Day, Salzburg serves as the backdrop for a large portion of the film. | WIKI |
Salzburg belongs to the region of Austro-Bavarian dialects, in particular Central Bavarian. | WIKI |
[34] It is widely spoken by young and old alike although professors of linguistics from the Universitxc3xa4t Salzburg, Irmgard Kaiser and Hannes Scheutz, have seen over the past few years a reduction in the number of dialect speakers in the city. | WIKI |
The former SV Austria Salzburg reached the UEFA Cup final in 1994. | WIKI |
On 6 April 2005 Red Bull bought the club and changed its name into FC Red Bull Salzburg. | WIKI |
The home stadium of Red Bull Salzburg is the Wals Siezenheim Stadium in a suburb in the agglomeration of Salzburg and was one of the venues for the 2008 European Football Championship. | WIKI |
The FC Red Bull Salzburg plays in the Austrian Bundesliga. | WIKI |
After Red Bull had bought the SV Austria Salzburg and changed its name and team colors, some supporters of the club decided to leave and form a new club with the old name and old colors, wanting to preserve the traditions of their club. | WIKI |
The reformed SV Austria Salzburg was founded in 2005 and currently plays in the Erste Liga, only one tier below the Bundesliga. | WIKI |
Red Bull also sponsors the local ice hockey team, the EC Salzburg Red Bulls. | WIKI |
Salzburg was a candidate city for the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics, but lost to Vancouver and Sochi respectively. | WIKI |
Salzburg is twinned with:[38] | WIKI |
Mozart's birthplace at Getreidegasse 9 View from Mirabellgarten at night The famous fountain in Mirabell Gardens (seen in the "Do-Re-Mi" song from The Sound of Music) The Sunset at the Staatsbrxc3xbccke Sigmund Haffner Gasse xe2x80x93 Rathaus Residential and studio house Lechner in the old town The Salzburg basin The fortress (background), Salzburg Cathedral (middle), the Salzach (foreground) xc3x96BB rail connection to Salzburg in Innsbruck Mozart monument Fountain in the Residenzplatz Palace of Mirabell. | WIKI |
View of the old town and fortress, seen from Kapuzinerberg Salzburg at night | WIKI |
A night time long exposure of Salzburg | WIKI |
Salzburg old town with a typical narrow alleyway | WIKI |
Salzburg Altstadt panorama | WIKI |
Salzburg panorama as seen from Hohensalzburg fortress | WIKI |
Salzburg is an outstanding example of an ecclesiastical city-state, peculiar to the Holy Roman Empire, from Prussia to Italy. | UNESCO |
No other example of this type of political organism has survived so completely, preserving its urban fabric and individual buildings to such a remarkable degree as Salzburg. | UNESCO |
Salzburg is the point where the Italian and German cultures met and which played a crucial role in the exchanges between these two cultures. | UNESCO |
The centre of Salzburg owes much of its Baroque appearance to the Italian architects Vincenzo Scamozzi and Santino Solari. | UNESCO |
The Salzburg skyline, against a backdrop of mountains, is characterized by its profusion of spires and domes, dominated by the fortress of HohenSalzburg. | UNESCO |
Salzburg is rich in buildings from the Gothic period onwards, which combine to create a townscape and urban fabric of great individuality and beauty. | UNESCO |
Salzburg is also intimately associated with many important artists and musicians, preeminent among them Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. | UNESCO |
Criterion (ii): Salzburg played a crucial role in the interchange between Italian and German cultures, resulting in a flowering of the two cultures and a long-lasting exchange between them. | UNESCO |
Criterion (iv): Salzburg is an exceptionally important example of a European ecclesiastical city-state, with a remarkable number of high-quality buildings, both secular and ecclesiastical, from periods ranging from the late Middle Ages to the 20th century. | UNESCO |
Criterion (vi): Salzburg is noteworthy for its associations with the arts, and in particular with music, in the person of its famous son, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. | UNESCO |
The historic centre of Salzburg contains all the key elements that define the ecclesiastical city-state. | UNESCO |
The centre of Salzburg has retained its historic townscape and street pattern to a high degree. | UNESCO |