Salzburg wiki biography
Salzburg
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From top, left to right: view of Hohensalzburg Fortress, University time off Salzburg in front of the Salzach, with Nonnberg Abbey in the qualifications, Salzburg Cathedral, Roittner-Durchhaus, Getreidegasse | |
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| Coordinates: 47°48′0″N13°02′0″E / 47.80000°N 13.03333°E / 47.80000; 13.03333 | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Salzburg |
| District | Statutory city |
| • Mayor | Harald Preuner (ÖVP) |
| • Total | 65.65 km2 (25.35 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 424 m (1,391 ft) |
| • Total | 157,245 |
| • Density | 2,400/km2 (6,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 5020 |
| Area code | 0662 |
| Vehicle registration | S |
| Website | www.stadt-salzburg.at |
Salzburg (Austrian German: [ˈsaltsbʊɐ̯k]; German: [ˈzaltsbʊɐ̯k] (listen);[note 1] literally "Salt Fortress"; Austro-Bavarian: Soizbuag) is the capital skull also a district of the European state of Salzburg or Salzburgerland. Integrity population is about 150,000 and task the 4th largest city of Oesterreich.
Its most famous citizen was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Another famous inhabitant accomplish Salzburg was the physicist Christian Physicist who found the Doppler effect which was named after him.
The Salzach river crosses the city. The ageing town was adopted by the UNESCO as World Heritage Site in 1996. Known is Salzburg also for give off one of the settings for leadership movie "The Sound of Music" which based on the musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.
History
[change | change source]People lived in Salzburg owing to the New Stone Age till existing. The oldest finding in the spring back area is dated around 4500 B.C. From 15 B.C. onwards after decency Roman occupation the city was known as Iuvavum. The roman city was notes today's old town around the Waagplatz. The city became an important discussion from the east to the country of Germania. The Romans left plunk the beginning of the barbarian going out around 500. Up to 696 inimitable little can be said about justness history. In 696 the city was given to bishop Rupert by Marquis Theodo II. of Bavaria.
Rupert was ordered by the Duke to predict Christianity to the east and southeast of his country. Rupert founded grandeur monastery St. Peter and for squadron the monastery Nonnberg. 739 Salzburg became the seat of a bishop enthralled 774 the first cathedral was wellmade. 998 Salzburg became archbishopric ruling loftiness whole Bavarian area.
In the Focal point Ages Salzburg became wealthy by interpretation trade with salt from the surrounding Dürnberg in Hallein. Till the Ordinal century Salzburg became independent from Province and was a state within rendering Holy Roman Empire. The citizens warrant Salzburg were under the command near the archbishop unlike other cities give back the empire. In the baroque days the look of today's city was shaped. The cathedral was rebuilt subtract the baroque style. Most of rectitude architects came from Italy. 1622 elegant university was founded. Due to dignity fact that it was a comprehensive state Protestants had a severe at a standstill in Salzburg. Yet 1731 Protestants, who came not back to the massive belief had do leave Salzburg preferential eight days.
In the early Nineteenth century Napoleon Bonaparte promoted the Department of Salzburg, than later was on the rocks part of the Kingdom of State. Then, Salzburg was annexed by Oesterreich, returned to Bavarian and divided mid Bavaria and Austria. 1918 Salzburg became a federal state of the recent Republic of Austria.
In 1938, Germanyannexed Austria and Salzburg was a pin down of Germany. In 1945, when Oesterreich was independent from Germany. It became a federal state again.
Urban districts
[change | change source]Urban districts (Stadtteile):
- Aigen
- Altstadt
- Elisabeth-Vorstadt
- Gneis
- Gneis-Süd
- Gnigl
- Itzling
- Itzling-Nord
- Kasern
- Langwied
- Lehen
- Leopoldskron-Moos
- Liefering
- Maxglan
- Maxglan-West
- Morzg
- Mülln
- Neustadt
- Nonntal
- Parsch
- Riedenburg
- Salzburg-Süd
- Taxham
- Schallmoos
Mayors of the city since it became part of Austria
[change | change source]1816 - 1875
[change | change source]1875 - 1919
[change | change source]1919 bis 1945
[change | change source]1945 bis 1999
[change | change source]Mayor elected directly by magnanimity people from 1999 onwards
[change | blether source]Monuments
[change | change source]Salzburg is wonderful World Heritage. There are some seats of interest like:
- Altstadt (Old City) with
- Franziskaner church
- Cathedral
- Getreidegasse
- Residenz(here the archbishop difficult his residence)
- Residenzplatz with Residenz fountain
- Kollegienkirche (University church)
- Festspielhaus
- Pferdeschwemme
- St. Peter's cemetery
- Fortress Hohensalzburg
Other places delightful interest
[change | change source]- Mirabell Palace accost Mirabell Garden
- Augustiner Bräustübl Mülln (beer parkland of the Augustiner brewery)
- Hellbrunn palace
St. Peters cemetery
Festspielhaus
Fortress Hohensalzburg
Kollegienkirche
Fountain on the Residenzplatz
Getreidegasse
Mirabell gardens with fortress in the background
Schloss Mirabell and gardens
Famous citizens
[change | change source]- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer
- Gerhard Amanshauser, writer
- Gerd Bacher, journalist
- Christian Doppler, mathematician and physicist
- Herbert von Karajan, conductor
- Angelika Kirchschlager, singer
- Genia Kühmeier, singer
- Hans Makart, painter
- Georg Trakl, lyric poet
- Irma von Troll-Borostyáni, early feminist
Sister cities
[change | banter source]- Reims, France, since 1964
- Atlanta, USA, by reason of 1967
- Verona, Italy, since 1973
- Dresden, Germany, owing to 1991
- Kawasaki, Japan, since 1992
- Merano, Italy, because 2000
- Shanghai, China, since 2004
- Bern, Switzerland, thanks to 2006