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  Salzburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Salzburg (population 145,000 in 2003) is a city in western Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg (population 520,000 in 2003).
The geographic coordinates of Salzburg are 47° 48′ 00″ N, 13° 02′ 36″ E.
Until 1803, the Archbishop of Salzburg was the ruler of the city and the surrounding territory.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Salzburg
In Salzburg the noble tendencies and great principles of the age of Gregory VII and his immediate successors, aiming at the sanctification of the Church, the success of the Crusades, the fostering of religious life among the people, and the development of monastic life, were always encouraged.
The Renaissance epoch was for Salzburg an era of cultural decay, caused by the incompetence of the territorial princes and the bad conditions of Austria under Emperor Frederick IV.
The archbishops of Salzburg were deprived in the same year of their temporal sovereignty; Jerome, the last ecclesiastical sovereign of Salzburg, died at Vienna.
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 Archbishopric of Salzburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state of the Holy Roman Empire, consisting of roughly of the present-day state of Salzburg in Austria.
After the Protestant Reformation resulting in the secularization of the Archbishoprics of Bremen and Magdeburg, the Archbishop of Salzburg and the Archbishop of Besançon (whose territorial holdings were minuscule) were the only remaining Archbishops of the Holy Roman Empire who were not also electors.
The most famous Archbishop was probably the last with princely authority, Hieronymus von Colloredo, who was an early patron of Salzburg native Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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 MOZART - LoveToKnow Article on MOZART   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The archbishop of Salzburg hearing of this commanded a representation of the rejected work in his palace, and appointed the young composer his maestro di capella.
During the absence of Wolfgang and his father the good archbishop of Salzburg died; and in the spring of the year 1772 Hieronymus, count of Colioredo, was elected in his stead, to the horror of all who were acquainted with his real character.
Archbishop Hieronymus was hated at court, and most of all by the emperor Joseph, who, on retiring to Laxenburg for the summer, did not place his name on the list of invited guests.
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 Salzburg -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The city is approximately 150km east of (The capital and largest city of Bavaria in southeastern Germany) Munich, and 300km west of (The capital and largest city of Austria; located on the Danube in northeastern Austria; was the home of Beethoven and Brahms and Haydn and Mozart and Schubert and Strauss) Vienna.
Salzburg is also the birthplace of (Click link for more info and facts about Hans Makart) Hans Makart, a (Click link for more info and facts about 19th century) 19th century Austrian painter-decorator and national celebrity.
Salzburg was a candidate city for the (Click link for more info and facts about 2006) 2006 and (Click link for more info and facts about 2010 Olympic Winter Games) 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
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 Salzburg Goes COW-RAZY!
Salzburg is already known for the Sound of Music, Mozart, its many festivals and for being one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, but in fall 2000 Salzburg introduced to the public its most beloved animal-the cow.
If you visit Salzburg for any significant length of time, you will notice that among locals the cow is revered as much or more than Mozart, Salzburg's musical claim to fame.
Salzburg's cow-lorful celebration was the largest private sector sponsored event and was received with enthusiasm by locals and tourists alike.
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 The Salzburg Seminar in American Studies
Schloss Leopoldskron, a rococo palace built in 1744 by the Archbishop of Salzburg, was the site of the first Salzburg Seminar in 1947, which brought together 90 students from 18 European countries to discuss American literature, politics and economics.
The Salzburg Seminar in American Studies is celebrating in 1997 a half century of educational programs that have provided a forum for future leaders from around the world to engage in intellectual dialogue on a variety of global themes.
A participant from Tajikistan, who arrived in Salzburg with no computer skills, proudly e-mailed ASC staff a few months after her workshop that she had obtained an Internet connection in her university department and was even teaching a course on the use of the Internet in the classroom.
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 WHKMLA : German Peasants War, Salzburg 1525-1526   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
As elsewhere, the Salzburg peasants, suffering from increased taxation as well as demands by the nobility and the monasteries for corvee labour, had taken up arms.
Archbishop of Salzburg Mattäus Lang von Wellenberg and the rebel leaders negotiated an agreement, which adressed several of the peasants' demands.
While the Salzburg peasantry leant toward the Lutheran Reformation, Princebishop Matthäus and his successors would remain steadfast Catholics, developing a style of absolute rule, against the protestant elements of Salzburg's population.
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 HolidayCity Flash - Salzburg, Mozart's birthplace and the home of music
Today’s Salzburgers display creatively painted cows in August, but in deference to history, there is only one bull and that is the one high up in the castle.
Times became less harsh and the Archbishops began to enjoy the luxuries that were the boons of better and more pacific times.
The sombre Felsenreitschule, scene of performances during the Salzburg Festival, was the setting for the Farewell Concert given by the family and where the Captain sings Edelweiss to the people.
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 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART - A BIOGRAPHY BY HIS SISTER-IN-LAW, SOPHIE WEBER HAIBL
She was orphaned at age four and with her mother and sister, came to live in Salzburg in the Getreidegasse, in the same street as her future husband, Leopold.
Wolfgang too was employed as court composer and conductor under the Archbishop of Salzburg, and he chafed at his limited opportunities at the Salzburg court, and being regarded by his employer as a mere servant who ate at table with the cooks and other servants.
Archbishop Colloredo of Salzburg had succeeded his more tolerant predecessor, and the new archbishop was far less permissive in allowing Leopold and Wolfgang extended leaves of absence in order to undertake journeys promoting Wolfgang's music.
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 SALZBURG - Online Information article about SALZBURG
The streets in the older quarters are narrow, crooked and gloomy; but the newer parts of the city, especially those laid out since the removal of the fortifications about 1861, are handsome and spacious.
About 2 M. to the S.W. of Salzburg is the castle of Leopoldskron, and from this point the Leopoldskroner Moos stretches S. to the base of the Untersberg.
Prussia, who procured for them permission to sell their goods and to emigrate; and in 1731 and 1732 Salzburg parted with about 30,000 industrious and peaceful citizens, about 6000 of these coming from the capital.
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 Classical 103.5 WGMS
Leopold Mozart was the kapellmeister to the Archbishop of Salzburg, and a pretty good violinist.
Leopold was anxious for Mozart to find a position outside of Salzburg, but in July of 1772, Mozart was formally employed as concert master for the Archbishop of Salzburg’s court.
The Archbishop was in Vienna for a visit and he sent for Mozart.
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Origins of the coat-of-arms: The Salzburg coat-of-arms is probably derived from the personal seal of Duke Philipp of Carinthia, who was the elected Archbishop of Salzburg in the years 1246 to 1256.
It was unanimously adopted by the Salzburg Diet as the official Salzburg anthem on May 24, 1928.
Salzburg remained an ecclesiastical Princedom until 1803, when it was secularised.
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 Startseite Sehenswertes
As a faithful servant of the pope, Archbishop Gerhard von Salzburg had the strongholds of Hohensalzburg, Hohenwerfen and Friesach built on his sovereign territory in 1077.
IDuring the 15th and 16th centuries, during the turmoil of the so-called Hungarian War and the Peasants' War in which the province of Salzburg was involved, the archbishops took refuge behind the battlements of the fortress.
Prince Archbishop Wolf Dietrich was held captive in the fortress for five years by his nephew and successor, Markus Sittikus, up to his death in 1617.
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 Information on Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg is a small city, but for a tourist bent on a European vacation, this destination has it all.
Being a native Salzburger, she also assured us with confidence that Salzburg is a very safe city, and it is no problem for a woman to stroll about the city alone all night.
Salzburg has several breweries, and I sampled many local beers over the next several days and all were delicious.
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 Free-Essays.us - Mozart
The same year, Mozart was appointed concertmaster to the Archbishop of Salzburg, and later in the same here, the Pope made him a chevalier of the Order of the Golden Spur.
While Mozart was touring in Italy, the Archbishop of Salzburg died, and Hieronymus, count von Colleredo was the successor.
She and her family visited the courts of Europe and got to be with with the royalty: Maria Theresa and her son, Joseph, of Austria; Louis XV of France; and George III of England.
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 Kaltenbrau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It is the oldest brewery in the "state" of Salzburg, and one of the oldest in Austria itself.
Some time after Elsenhaimer's founding, the brewery came into the possession of the Prince Archbishop of Salzburg, 1498, was named the Court brewery of Kaltenhausen, and remained under the various Archbishops' control for over 300 years.
About that time the Archbishop decreed that throughout the total state of Salzburg, only beer from Kaltenhausen could be sold; the annoying competition from Bavaria was banned.
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 Mozart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Salzburg: He constitutes one of the "Big Three" of the Viennese School (besides Beethoven and Haydn).
Mozart's father, Leopold Mozart, was an accomplished composer who worked for the archbishop of Salzburg.
Afterward, Mozart followed his father's footstep and entered into the service of the archbishop of Salzburg, Prince Colloredo, whom he thoroughly disliked.
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 The 'Pieta' and Herbert von Karajan bronze sculpture, Salzburg - by Anna Chromy
It was the special wish of the archbishop of Salzburg to install a "Pieta" of Anna Chromy in the southern arches of the cathedral, so that he can admire it from the windows of his residence.
It was upon the initiative of the municipality and the newly created Salzburg Foundation that a lifesize sculpture of Herbert von Karajan was installed in front of his birthplace in the center of the old town opposite the famous Sacher Hotel.
The monument was inaugurated in presence of Eliette von Karajan, the Major of Salzburg and the President of the Salzburg Festival, Mrs.
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 Mozart
Uwe Kroeger in the role of count Colloredo, Lord Archbishop of Salzburg.
Count Colloredo, Lord Archbishop of Salzburg, plays an important role firstly as patron and then as an adversary of Mozarts in his life.
As "Lord Archbishop Colloredo" Uwe Kroeger is sponsor, employer and also opponent of the Mozart not wanting to submit to the hierarchical dictation.
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 Mozart Biography
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg 1756 and baptized Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, (Theophilus and Amadeus both mean "beloved of God").
A growing feud with the archbishop culminated in his leaving Salzburg for Vienna where he stayed with the Webers, whom he had met in Mannheim, and went on to marry the middle daughter Constanze in August 1782.
Leopold Mozart was not pleased that his son would marry a penniless girl from a dubious family, and relations between him and his son cooled considerably.
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 Men of the Cloth
The Archbishop of Salzburg is the most powerful political figure in all of Austria, controlling the lesser diocese of Gurk, Seckau, Chiemsee, and Lavant.
One of the most independent of the German Archbishops, Salzburg is long-known for its fickle diplomacy (in recent years, refusing to either condem Barbarossa in his war with the Lombard League, or lend aid to him in the Third Crusade).
Archbishop Ulrich of Salzburg - Little is known of the current prince-bishop, since Rabenstein has had little contact with his servants, though he did attempt unsuccessfully to ensnare
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 Salzburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Many archbishops extended the fortress over the centuries but the greatest influence on its present structure was by Leonhard von Keutschach, Archbishop of Salzburg from 1495.
Salzburg airport handles international flights and also has regular scheduled flights to many European cities and the main Austrian cities.
Salzburg has an efficient local bus system and bus routes are shown on city and hotel maps: note that bus Nos 1, 2, 6, and 51 start from the train station and skirt the old town.
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 International Programs - Summer Abroad in Salzburg - Sightseeing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
For those whose idea of Salzburg is visions of Julie Andrews singing and dancing through the hills, the Sound of Music Tour is quite good.
The Salzburg Dom (Cathedral) is one of the main attractions in Altstadt.
As delightful as Salzburg is, it is worth leaving town for at least a day to visit the lake district east of Salzburg known as the Salzkammergut.
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 The Lady - City of Mozart: Salzburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
If Mozart were to live today, he would be up there as a youth icon among the super-rich at the top of the A-list, not destined, as he was, for the ignominy of an unmarked pauper's grave.
Although his family had no great fortune to its name, his father, Leopold, employed in the court orchestra of the Archbishop of Salzburg, was admirably placed to nurture the exceptional talent of his musical wunderkind son.
The sheer number of letters sent home to parents and sister in Salzburg also bear witness to the fact that he spent as much as 3,720 days or more than 10 years, roughly a third of his short existence, on tour.
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 SALZBURG.INFO - Tourismusinformation und Hotelbuchung Stadt Salzburg - Startseite Sehenswertes
Matthäus Lang, descending from an Augsburg patrician family and raised to the nobility in 1505 ("von Wellenburg") was the last Archbishop of Salzburg to attain international significance.
After insuring the Salzburg Cathedral Chapter that it would be secularized (and released from the rules of St. Augustine), they elected him to succeed Leonhard von Keutschach in 1519.
To pacify the residents of Salzburg who were openly sympathetic to Protestanism, he called Luther's former superior, the Augustine hermit provincial, Johannes Staupitz, to come to Salzburg as the Cathedral minister; finally he coerced the monks at St. Peter's, to elect Johannes Staupitz as their Abbot.
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 Archbishopric of Salzburg -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Soon after the bishopric was abandoned and was only restored when St. Ruprecht (called the Apostle of Bavaria and Carinthia) came to the region (the date of reestablishement is disputed: some say as soon as the Franks took over the region from the Bavarians in 698 or an earlier date of c.
The most famous Archbishop was probably the last with princely authority, (Click link for more info and facts about Hieronymus von Colloredo) Hieronymus von Colloredo, who was an early patron of Salzburg native (Prolific Austrian composer and child prodigy; master of the classical style in all its forms of his time (1756-1791)) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
In 1803, the Archbishopric was secularized and made an Electorate for the former Grand Duke Ferdinand III of (A region in central Italy) Tuscany (brother of (The last Holy Roman Emperor (1768-1835)) Emperor Francis II), who had lost his throne.
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 MOZART   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Born on the 27th of January 1756, in Salzburg, and baptized Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, he was educated by his father, Leopold Mozart (1719 - 1787), who was concertmaster in the court orchestra of the archbishop of Salzburg and a celebrated violinist, composer, and author.
In 1769 Mozart was appointed concertmaster to the archbishop of Salzburg, and later in the same year, at La Scala (Milan, Italy), he was made a chevalier of the Order of the Golden Spur by the pope; he also composed his first German operetta, "Bastien Und Bastienne".
Mozart's appointment at Salzburg proved to be largely honorary; it allowed ample time for a prodigious musical output, but afforded little financial security.
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