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SALZBURG
Another sight
Salzburg's "Old Town" (Altstadt) has internationally renowned baroque architecture and one of the bestpreserved city centres north of the Alps. The baroque jewel therefore also is known as the “Northern Rome”.
Is a city rich in culture and history, earned UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
Usually is well known as the birthplace of the genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Is the fourth largest city in Austria and the capital city of the Federal State Salzburg.
The highlights of Salzburg are among the most famous of the world, such as Mozart's place, the Fortress
“Hohensalzburg”, the chimes (“Glockenspiel”), the Residenz-Brunnen (Residenz-fontain), the
Salzburger Dom (Salzburg Cathedral) and many other important and historically worthwhile churches, the
baroque “Lustschloss Hellbrunn”(château de plaisance, summer residence) and its marvelous gardens in
the south of the city, …. and much more.
“Much more” for <Specialists> includes:
Salzburg also is one of the places, where
Paracelsus (born Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim)
"All things are poison, and nothing is without poison; only the dose permits something not to be
poisonous." lived (and is buried), the private <Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg> (founded
2002/2003) carries his name ( http://www.pmu.ac.at/en/94.htm )
The University of Salzburg (“Alma Mater Paridiana”) was founded by “Fürst”-Archbishop Paris
Graf Lodron 1622/1625 (closed 1810 and re-erected 1962). ( http://www.sbg.ac.at )
The foundation of the “St. John’s Hospital” predecessor of today‟s SALK-Salzburger Landeskliniken
GesmbH, took place in 1695 by the ecclesiastic & secular leader “Fürst-“Archbishop Johann Ernest Graf Thun,
Christian Andreas Doppler (“Doppler-Effect”) was born & raised,
Johann Michael Haydn (famous Composer and “Hofkapellmeister“, friend of W. A. Mozart), brother of the
famous Austrian composer Joseph Haydn (“The Creation”, ”The Seasons”), lived (and is buried)
Georg Johannes, Ritter von Trapp lived with his second wife, Maria, and his family. Maria made
arrangements for the family to sing at various events as a way of earning a livelihood left but later on they had to
leave Austria and their destiny gave rise to the famous movie “The Sound of Music” (“Trapp Family”),
where the Christmas-Carol “Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht (Silent Night,Holy Night) started out to
conquer the world,
Herbert von Karajan and other renowned artists acted as famous conductor(s) of /during the
“Salzburg Festival” productions,
Georg Trakl (poet), Stefan Zweig (poet) and Thomas Bernhard (poet) lived for a long time.
Leopold Kohr, Alternative Nobel Laureate ("World Livelihood Award", 1951 publication of "The
Breakdown of Nations", “Small is beautiful”) was born near the City of Salzburg has lived here too.
(List not exhaustive….)
Do not miss enjoying the House where W. A. Mozart was born, the residential building he lived,
and tasting an original „Mozartkugel’, a „Bach-cube’, or as a speciality „Salzburger Nockerl‟ (sweet).
Discover Salzburg, enjoy a promenade through the baroque jewel – the “Northern Rome”, tour Salzburg's cathedral and the
birthplace of the genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and, stay with us during the
40th Annual Meeting of the SCUR & 6th Joint Meeting with the SSSR, SALZBURG-Austria, 12-14 May, 2013,
and, if you like, before and after.
If you plan a short pre- or post-congress visit and need ideas or hints for sight-seeing, ask your friendly local organizer,
Wolfgang MUSS ([email protected]) for proposals.