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Salzburg Pages by Anjutka
Tips 1 - 8 of 8 Salzburg Things to Do
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Salzburg - the name is composed of Salz (salt) and Burg (fortress). Salt was one of the sources of wealth because there were numerous salt mines on the territory of the state of Salzburg (in its historical dimensions, much of it got lost as a consequence of silly wars the bishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau (the one with the numerous kids who built the Mirabell palace) initiated and lost.
And the Burg is the fortress which is still today the most prominent landmark in the skyline of Salzburg. It was built to defend mainly against the potential uprisings of the own dependents (see the Bull-Washer entry) and was not too much appreciated in the 19th century when there were serious plans to demolish it and to use the stones to improve the banks of the Salzach river in order to protect the city better from the frequent inundations. But luckily they found appropriate stones elsewhere...
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Directions: In the centre, visible rom everywhere
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The Fortress - one of the biggest medieval fortresses still existing - was built by the Salzburg Archbishops to protect themselves against outside enemies but more against the unrest among their own dependents which were most of the time heavily suffering under repression and extortion. Under one such uprisings the Salzburg fortress was sieged and it did not look nicely for the Archbishop and his clique because they were short of food. They had only one bull left so they let him graze at the fortress and in the night they painted him in an other colour and he was grazing there again next day, appearing to be an other bull for the enemies outside and this colour was washed away and the bull got an other colour. This was repeated several days until the enmies gave up. And since then the people of Salzburg are nicknamed "Bull-Washers" ("Stierwascher" in German).
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Horse wash: They did not only wash bulls.....
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Bull Washers is the popular nickname for the Salzburg citizens (it is not valid for the people living in the rest of the state of Salzburg - these rural people used their animals in an other way and so they never did care much about washing them) In the city you find the most luxurious baroque facilities to wash the horses. Originally was here a quarry which later was transformed to this horsewash. I guess that not all Salzburg horses could enjoy the privilege of a bath in he "Pferdeschwemme" as this horses bath is called. And it is probably strictly forbidden to wash the horses there nowadays.
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Directions: When entering the old city through the Neutor tunnel it is at the left of the end of the tunnel.
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The quite unspectacular yellow house in the Getreidegasse is one of the most visited spots. But later Mozart was living in an other house at the other side of the Salzach river.
The shop in the ground floor sells one of the most popular Salzburg and even Austrian souvenirs: the sweet Mozart Balls("Mozartkugeln") - I think The Censor would prefer "Mozart Spheres" but football is called football and not footsphere - and now I may guess why the Americans call it "soccer" instead.....
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The gigantic early baroque cathedral of the Salzburg archbishop ("Primas Germaniae" his ancient title, designating him as the first among the German bishops) replaced the ancient Romanic cathedral which was burnt down for this purpose. The cathedral appears being in a way cold and blown up as much of the area immediately around it.
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Directions: In the heart of the Old City - you can see the cathedral's spires from all over Salzburg.
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The Mirabell Palace itself is nothing special (maybe except the Wedding Hall) but it has a great French style garden from which and over which you can enjoy some of the nicest views of the fortress and the ensemble below it - according to my opinion both look best from here, much nicer to see them from the distance than to visit them, especially the cathedral.
A remarkable garden is also the "Zwergerlgarten" (Dwarfs Garden), only a few steps from the great views. It is an early form of the later sweetened garden dwarfs so typical for German gardens (but they seem today to be mostly produced in South East Asia and sold by Vietnamese in Poland along the streets leading to the German border...)
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pchamlis Tue Apr 22, 2008 14:12 UTC
Nice Salzburg peek, Anna. I have always enjoyed visiting this part of Austria. And yes, I've bought and consumed wayyyy more Mozart balls than I should have. :) | bugulma Thu Jul 27, 2006 04:22 UTC
One of my favorite places i've ever visited, one day i'd like to return that to see it summer time. | Propermark Thu Jun 8, 2006 18:17 UTC
I have also been here! it seems that you travelled a lot:))) | Hermanater Mon Jan 9, 2006 15:26 UTC
Happy Birthday....I enjoyed your pages...Happy Travels. |
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