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Froschheim
Froschheim
~0.19 miles from Salzburg city center
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#2 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
Central Train Station Salzburg
Froschheim
~0.31 miles from Salzburg city center
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The Salzburg Hauptbahnhof main railway station is the agglomeration of Salzburg, and an important transportation hub in western Austria. He had long been the function of a border station towards Germany, which explains the juxtaposition of head and transit platforms. The Salzburg train station is a railway station, both the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and the Deutsche Bahn AG. He'll be long-distance and local transport routes of the ÖBB (the Western Railway from Vienna and Linz from Kufstein, Wörgl, Innsbruck and Bregenz, and the Salzburg-Tiroler-Bahn railway, Bischofshofen and Wörgl Zell am See, where she worked with the above line) collides and the railway line from Munich to Salzburg and the Salzburg branch line linked. Moreover, the central hub station, the S-Bahn Salzburg, the Salzburg regional buses in the metropolitan area and one of the most important interchange of StadtBus Salzbur
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#3 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
Mirabell Palace (Schloss Mirabell)
Salzburg
~0.33 miles from Salzburg city center
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This Baroque masterpiece was initially built as "Schloß Altenau" under the reign of Prince Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau in 1606. It was a present for his concubine Salome Alt and most famous for its splendid gardens.
His successor Prince Archbishop Markus Sittikus re-named the palace into "Schloss Mirabell" (‘beautiful view'). Prince Archbishop Franz Anton Harrach rebuilt the castle more or less from scratch following plans by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt between 1721 and 1727.
During the great fire of Salzburg in 1818, the Mirabell Palace was seriously damaged and re-built according to plans by Peter Nobile in the following years. The mighty tower in the heart of the eastern wing was destructed and the facades were re-decorated in Neo-classicist style.
Famous for it's garden - Mirabell Palace
The "Mirabellschwemme", a well for horses attached to the castle, was destructed in 1823. The Pegasus, unicorns and lions that are now in the Mirabell gardens were originally part of this Mirabellschwemme.
The Mirabell Palace is property of the City of Salzburg since 1866, and it is the office building for the city's administration including the mayor of Salzburg and other offices since 1947.
The palace's most impressive court is the one of the western wing with its richly decorated façade. The ground floor is "rusticated", expressing a Baroque sense of pastoral tranquillity. Mirabell Palace's central stairway is based on the stairway of the original Schloß Altenau of Prince Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau. This limited the facilities and therefore, it does not meet the high-Baroque standards of most other parts of the building.
Mirabell Palace: The Schloss & its Marble Halls
The stairway is called "Donnerstiege", meaning "staircase of thunder", but the name is actually referring to the artist who created the sculptures and statues, G. R. Donner, who built the decorations in 1726. A matching fresco on the ceiling was painted by B. Altomonte and G. Fanti in 1723, but destroyed in the fire of 1816.
The Donnerstiege stairway is a Baroque gem, with excessive amounts of marble, sculptures and other artwork that make it a unique piece in the rich heritage of Salzburg. However, it is not the only treasure hidden in the Mirabell Palace: the "Marmorsaal" or "marble hall" is another elaborate piece of Baroque craft in its most prominent expression.
Its ceiling once held a fresco by M. Rottmayer, but as with the one over the Donnerstiege stairway, it was destroyed in the fire of 1818. The rest of the rich decorations, such as marble masonry and statues, were mostly preserved. The rectangular hall extends over two storeys and is decorated with golden stucco works.
A fairy-tale Castle in the heart of Salzburg
Playful angel statues, marble pillars and excessive stucco work make the Marmorsaal hall a prime example for Salzburg's Baroque. It is internationally known and famous as a venue for weddings and hosts concerts almost every evening, that are particularly popular with tourists. The played pieces are generally some decent Mozart - probably to meet touristy expectations; the quality is considered to be alright, so if you have an evening off without anything to do, check the concert guides for the Mirabell Palace.
In the southern part of the Mirabell Castle, you will find the castle's chapel, the Schlosskirche Mirabell. It was re-modelled completely after the fire of 1818. It contains a central hall with a round apsis and a vaulted ceiling. The grisaille painting was done around 1830, only the altar dates back to 1722.
Flanking the altar, you will find Baroque statues of the Saints Augustinus, Rupert, Virgil and Martin. The chapel is used by a number of congregations today that don't have own churches/temples/other kinds of community spaces for worship purposes. If you are member of some bizarre cult and in need for measures to support your spiritual welfare whilst in Salzburg, it might be worth checking out the program of the chapel.
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#4 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
Holy Trinity Church (Dreifaltigkeitskirche)
Salzburg
~0.52 miles from Salzburg city center
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The Dreifaltigkeitskirche or Church of the Holy Trinity in the 8th district of Vienna (Josefstadt) is an early-Baroque church generally neglected by tourists. It was built by the "Trinitarian Order", a monastic order that worked towards the liberation of Christians in (usually Muslim) captivity. They were founded near Paris in 1198 and came to Vienna in 1688, five years after the defeat of the Turkish army in the Second Siege of Vienna. Warfare with the Turks continued until well into the 18th century, so Vienna certainly was a useful base for the Trinitarians.
The order built a small chapel in a suburb that is now part of the Josefstadt district - it was opened in 1689, but soon it was too small because many locals attended mass with the monks. The chapel was extended and became a church with three altars and a wooden tower - and in the following year, the Trinitarians started to build a monastery in addition to the church. When the monastery was opened in 1694, there was also a need for an even bigger and more elaborate church. Emperor Leopold I officially opened the construction work for a church in 1695. The construction took seven years and the Dreifaltigkeitskirche was opened in 1702.
With the dissolution of "non-practical" orders under the rule of Emperor Joseph II, the Trinitarians were dissolved in 1783. Instead of the Trinitarians, the Minorites - once grown to a powerful order in the course of the counter-reformation and educational measures - moved in at the monastery and Dreifaltigkeitskirche. The Minorites had previously occupied only the Minoritenkirche in the first district, now they carried all sorts of fancy monastic artwork to the Dreifaltigkeitskirche.
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#5 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
Mozarts Wohnhaus
Salzburg
~0.53 miles from Salzburg city center
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Mozart Wohnhaus (Mozart's Residence)
Of course no visitor to Salzburg can miss the home of the Mozart between 1773 and 1787. Tours include commentary and musical excerpts from handheld devices activated by infrared signals. The house also contains musical instruments, including Mozart’s clavichord, sheet music and other memorabilia of the musical genius. One can rest a little afterward with some coffee at the Mozart Café on the sidewalk.
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#6 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
St. Sebastian's Church
Salzburg
~0.54 miles from Salzburg city center
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(Local Name: Sebastianskirche) The broad Staatsbrücke crosses the river to the Platzl, around which an outlying bridgehead settlement had grown up by the 12th C. On the left side of the Linzer Gasse, which leads from the Platzl in a northeasterly direction, stands St Sebastian's Church (Sebastianskirche), built in 1502-12, completely remodeled in Roccoco style 1749-53. A flight of steps (on the wall to the left note the monument of the physician and philosopher Theophrastus Paracelsus, 1493-1541) leads up to the interesting St Sebastian Cemetery (Friedhof) established in 1595-1600 on the model of an Italian campo santo. In the middle of the cemetery stands St Gabriel's Chapel (Gabrielskapelle), with ornate ceramic decoration in the interior, built 1597-1603 as a mausoleum for Archbishop Wolf Dietrich (d. 1617). On the path to the chapel lie the graves of Mozart's father Leopold (1717-87), Mozart's widow Konstanze (1763-1842, remarried name von Nissen) and Genoveva von Weber (d. 1798), mother of the composer Carl Maria von Weber. To the west of the church is a passage leading to the Loreto Convent (Loretokloster) and Paris-Lodron-Strasse.
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#7 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
Museum Carolino Augusteum
Salzburg
~0.58 miles from Salzburg city center
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Traveler Description: You will find a fascinating collection of art, archaeology and musical instruments in this city museum.
Attraction type: History museum, Museum
http://www.smca.at/haupthaus.html
Address: Museumsplatz 6 Salzburg A-5020
Austria
Tel: 43-662-841134-0
Fax: 0662-620808-220
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#8 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
City Centre Salzburg
Salzburg
~0.59 miles from Salzburg city center
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#9 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
Mozart's Birthplace (Mozarts Geburtshaus)
Salzburg
~0.71 miles from Salzburg city center
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The birthplace of the famous composer displays numerous musical artifacts from his early childhood.
Attraction type: Historic home, Specialty museum, Museum
archiv@mozarteum.at
Address: Getriedegasse 9 Salzburg 5020
Austria
Tel: 43 662 844 313
Fax: 43 662 84 06 93
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#10 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
Riedenburg
Salzburg
~0.73 miles from Salzburg city center
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Riedenburg is a town in the district of Kelheim, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Altmühl, 16 km (10 mi) northwest of Kelheim and 29 km (18 mi) northeast of Ingolstadt.
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#11 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
Kapuzinerberg
Salzburg
~0.80 miles from Salzburg city center
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Kapuzinerberg is a hill on the eastern bank of Salzach river in Salzburg, Salzburgerland, Austria.
It's elevated 640 meters above sea level.
It is home to a Capucines cloister built in 1599-1605 on the site of a medieval fortress. Earliest human settlements on the eastern slope of Kapuzinerberg date back to neolithic period. Two prehistoric settlements on site of the cloister date back to 1000 B.C.
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#12 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
St. Francis Church (Franziskanerkirche)
Salzburg
~0.83 miles from Salzburg city center
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The Franziskanerkirche is located at the end of Sigmund-Haffner-Gasse, corner Franzikanergasse and connected to the Residenz Castle. The origin of the current church is unclear, but probably lies in the time of St. Virgil, who might have used the church for baptisms. There is record of a parish church on the site from 1139, but this building was destroyed in a fire in 1167. The main nave of the current Franziskanerkirche was built in late-Romanesque style in the early 13th century and therefore, it is among the oldest buildings in Salzburg.
The main gate facing Siegmund-Haffner-Gasse was decorated in Baroque style around 1700. On the right side of the gate you can see a stone-carved hand that is held in a position like swearing an ore - there are two stories connected to this hand. The one tells us that the mason responsible for the gate had to swear to build no other gate like this in his life; the other story relates the hand to the fact that refugees and persecuted people could find shelter and protection within the church.
The interiors are mostly Gothic, with the main altar designed by Salzburg's most famous sacral artist Fischer von Erlach. In the early 17th century, the arches of the choirs were filled with side chapels, giving elaborate examples for Baroque style that was imposed on previous Gothic structures. Despite of being built around the same time, the chapels display very individual decorations.
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#13 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
Mozartplatz
Salzburg
~0.84 miles from Salzburg city center
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Surrounded by the Residenzplatz, the Waagplatz and the Kaigasse the most famous son of Salzburg, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, watches over his own square in the centre of the city. The Mozart statue that gave the square its name was erected in 1842. During the excavations for the monument, the workers found old Roman mosaics. Engraved on these was an ancient Roman text: "Hic habitas felicitas, nihil intret mali. - Here lives fortune, no evil shall ever pass this place." The building that Mozart turns his back on is the home that the cathedral architect Santino Solari built for himself.
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#14 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
Residenzplatz
Salzburg
~0.84 miles from Salzburg city center
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#15 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
Salzburg Cathedral
Salzburg
~0.87 miles from Salzburg city center
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The Salzburg Cathedral (German: Salzburger Dom) is a 17th century baroque cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg in the city of Salzburg, dedicated to Saint Rupert of Salzburg.
It is the site of Mozart's baptism.
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#16 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
St. Peter's Church
Salzburg
~0.94 miles from Salzburg city center
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The Romanesque building still in use today was dedicated in 1147. One of the orgues had been built on the rood screen in 1444 by Heinrich Traxdorf of Mainz. The interior, already re-modelled several times, was refurbished in the Rococo style between 1760 and 1782 under Abbot Beda Seeauer by Franz Xaver König, Lorenz Härmbler, Johann Högler, Benedikt Zöpf and others.
In the cemetery are buried Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's sister, Nannerl, and Joseph Haydn's brother, Johann Michael Haydn.
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#17 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
Festung Hohensalzburg Fortress
Salzburg
~1.07 miles from Salzburg city center
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Hohensalzburg Castle (Festung Hohensalzburg, literally "High Salzburg Fortress" in German) is a castle in the Austrian city of Salzburg. It sits on Festungsberg hill. With a length of 250 meters and a width of 150 meters, it is one of the largest medieval castles in Europe.
Construction of the fortress began in 1077 under Archbishop Gebhard von Helfenstein. This original design was just a basic bailey with a wooden wall. In Salzburg, the Archbishops were powerful political figures, and they expanded the castle to protect their interests. The Investiture Controversy influenced the expansion of the castle, with the Salzburg Archbishops taking the side of the Pope. The castle was gradually expanded during the following centuries. The ring walls and towers were built in 1462 under Burkhard II of Weißpriach. Prince Archbishop Leonhard von Keutschach further expanded the castle.
In 1515, Cardinal Matthäus Lang, who was later to become the Archbishop of Salzburg, wrote a description of the Reisszug, a very early and primitive funicular railway that provided freight access to the upper courtyard of the castle. The line still exists, albeit in updated form, and is probably the oldest operational railway in the world.
The only time that the fortress came under siege was in 1525, when a group of miners, farmers and townspeople tried to oust Prince Archbishop Cardinal Matthäus Lang, but failed to take the castle. During the Thirty Years' War, Count Paris of Lodron strengthened the town's defenses, including Hohensalzburg. He added various parts to the fortress, such as the gunpowder stores and additional gatehouses. The fort was surrendered without a fight during the Napoleonic Wars. In the 19th century, it was used as a barracks, storage depot and dungeon before being abandoned as a military outpost in 1861.
During the early 20th century it was used as a prison, holding Italian prisoners of war during World War I and Nazi activists (before the Anschluss with Germany) in the 1930s. It was refurbished in the 20th century and became a major tourist attraction, with a cable car, built in 1900, leading up from the town to the Hasengrabenbastei. It stands today as one of the best preserved castles in Europe.
The Hohensalzburg was recently selected as main motif for the Austrian Nonnberg Abbey commemorative coin minted in April 5, 2006. This was the first coin of the series "Great Abbeys of Austria". It shows the Benedictine convent of Nonnberg Abbey. In the hilltop on the background, the castle and the Kajetaner church can be seen. Also in 1977 the Austrian Mint issued a coin for the 900th anniversary of the Hohensalzburg.
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#18 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
Nonnberg Abbey
Salzburg
~1.10 miles from Salzburg city center
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Nonnberg Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Salzburg, Austria.
It was founded ca. 714 by Saint Rupert of Salzburg and is the oldest women's religious house in the German-speaking world. Its first abbess was Saint Erentrudis of Salzburg, who was either a niece or a sister of Saint Rupert.
The abbey's endowment was provided by Theodebert, Duke of Bavaria, and augmented by Emperor Henry II, who was also Duke of Bavaria.
The abbey was independent of the founding house from 987 and was re-built in about 1000. This building was largely destroyed in a fire of 1423. Reconstruction took place between 1464 and 1509. In 1624 the church was enlarged by the addition of three side chapels. A refurbishment in the Baroque style took place in the 1880s.
Through Maria Augusta Kutschera, later Maria Augusta von Trapp, who was a teacher in the abbey school after World War I and whose life was the basis for the film The Sound of Music, the abbey has acquired international fame.
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#19 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
Wals Siezenheim Stadium
Salzburg
~1.99 miles from Salzburg city center
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The Red Bull Arena, during and before the EURO 2008 football championship known as EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim (help·info), is a football stadium in Wals-Siezenheim, a municipality in the suburb of Salzburg, Austria. It was officially opened in March 2003 and is the home ground of Red Bull Salzburg. Previously, the club played at Stadion Lehen.
Its current seating capacity is 31,895. The stadium's previous capacity was 18,200, but was recently expanded to over 30,000 so that it was able to accommodate the 2008 European Football Championships.
The "EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim" is the only stadium in the Austrian Bundesliga which uses artificial turf. Polytan's FIFA 2-Star Recommended 40mm surface Ligaturf with a 25mm elastic layer was installed in 2005.
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#20 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
Leopoldskron Palace
Salzburg
~2.87 miles from Salzburg city center
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Leopoldskron Palace is the most beautiful rococo building in the Salzburg region. It was built in 1731 by Archbishop Leopold Count Firmian as a residence for his family. After 1837, when the Firmian family sold the estate, the building changed owners many times. Leopoldskron was a gallery, then became property of a landlord, and even the King of Bavaria can be found under the list of owners.
When famous writer Max Reinhardt, founder of the Salzburg Festival, bought it in 1918, it was in sad condition. Reinhardt renovated it, however, to its original beauty and used its garden for theater performances. Since 1958, Leopoldskron Palace has been owned by the "Salzburg Seminar in American Studies", an institution that focuses on economy problems.
Leopoldskron Palace was one of the most important locations for the film: The rear view was used for the Trap Family home. The family drank lemonade with the baroness on the terrace. Maria and the baron dance on the balcony during the ball scene, and the children fell into the adjacent lake. The Venetian room from the castle was copied and used as the ballroom for the interior shootings which were done in the studios.
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#21 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
Hellbrunn Palace (Schloss Hellbrunn)
Salzburg
~3.44 miles from Salzburg city center
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Hellbrunn Palace (German: Schloss Hellbrunn) is an early Baroque villa of palatial size, near Morzg, a southern district of the city of Salzburg, Austria. It was built in 1613-19 by Markus Sittikus von Hohenems, Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, and named for the "clear spring" that supplied it. Hellbrunn was only meant for use as a day residence in summer, as the Archbishop usually returned to Salzburg in the evening. Therefore, there is no bedroom in Hellbrunn.
The schloss is also famous for its jeux d'eau ("watergames") in the grounds, which are a popular tourist attraction in the summer months. These games were conceived by Markus Sittikus, a man with a keen sense of humour, as a series of practical jokes to be performed on guests. Notable features include stone seats around a stone dining table through which a water conduit sprays water into the seat of the guests when the mechanism is activated. However, one seat lacks a conduit: that of the Archbishop. Other features are a mechanical, water-operated and music-playing theatre built in 1750 showing various professions at work, a grotto and a crown being pushed up and down by a jet of water, symbolising the rise and fall of power. It should be noted that at all of these games there is always a spot which is never wet: that where the Archbishop stood or sat, which is today occupied by the tour guide.
Hellbrunn stands in a large park with a neighboring zoo, a stone theater and a small building known as the Monatschlossl, or the "little month-palace",as it was built during the period of one month after a visitor commented to Sittikus that a building on the hill would improve the view from one of the schloss' windows. The archbishop took heed of his advice, and when the visitor returned a month later the Monatschlossl was built. It now houses the ethnographical section of the Carolina Augusteum Museum of Salzburg.
http://www.hellbrunn.at/hellbrunn/english/start/index.asp
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#22 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
City Centre Anif
Salzburg
~4.34 miles from Salzburg city center
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#23 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
Anif Palace
Salzburg
~4.70 miles from Salzburg city center
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#24 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
Untersberg
Upper Bavarian Alps and Lakes
~8.04 miles from Salzburg city center
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The Untersberg is a mountain massif of the Berchtesgaden Alps that straddles the border between Berchtesgaden, Germany and Salzburg, Austria.
The mountain is popular with tourists due to its proximity to the city of Salzburg: less than 16 km (10 mi) to the north and within easy reach by bus. Trails lead to the top, but most people use the cable car that lifts passengers over 1300m to the Geiereck peak.
The first recorded ascent was in the first half of the 12th century, by Eberwein, a member of the Augustinian monastery at Berchtesgaden.
The mountain lends its name to an 1829 opera, Der Untersberg, by Johann Nepomuk (1783–1865), Baron of Poissl, and has inspired a series of works by German artist Stephan Hess.
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#25 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
City Centre Golling
Tennengau
~15.84 miles from Salzburg city center
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#26 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
City Centre Abtenau
Abtenau
~22.25 miles from Salzburg city center
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#27 of 27 Things To Do in Salzburg
City Centre Bad Ischl
Traunviertel
~27.89 miles from Salzburg city center
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