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Salzburg becomes part of the Austrian Empire. [5] 1809 - Salzburg becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria. [5] 1816 - Salzburg becomes part of the Austrian Empire again per Treaty of Munich (1816). [5] 1818 - Fire. [3] 1842 - Mozart monument installed in the Mozartplatz (Salzburg) . [5] 1849 - Salzburg becomes seat of the Duchy of Salzburg. [5]
Salzburg [a] is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its population was 156,852. [7] The town occupies the site of the Roman settlement of Iuvavum. Founded as an episcopal see in 696, it became a seat of the archbishop in 798. Its main sources of income were salt extraction, trade, as well as gold mining.
The Salzburger Emigrants were a group of German-speaking Protestant refugees from the Catholic Archbishopric of Salzburg (now in present-day Austria) that immigrated to the Georgia Colony in 1734 to escape religious persecution. This group was expelled from their homeland by Count Leopold Anton von Firmian (1679–1744), Prince-Archbishop of
18th century map of the Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg. The prince-archbishopric's territory was roughly congruent with the present-day Austrian state of Salzburg.It stretched along the Salzach river from the High Tauern range—Mt. Großvenediger at 3,666 m (12,028 ft)—at the main chain of the Alps in the south down to the Alpine foothills in the north.
Until 987, the office of the abbot was joined to that of the Archbishop of Salzburg: one man fulfilled both duties. In the Middle Ages, St Peter's was known for its exceptional school. In 1074, Archbishop Gebhard of Salzburg sent several monks to found Admont Abbey in the March of Styria. In the 15th century, the abbey adopted the Melk Reforms.
Archaeologists assume that pectoral crosses found in graves reflect the dead's Orthodox faith, although such objects may have also been worn as jewellry. [ 132 ] [ 136 ] Byzantine documents made sporadic references to "metropolitan bishops of Tourkia" till the end of the 11th century . [ 136 ]
The ornamentation of the text is in the Insular style with some motifs also found in Coptic textiles. Cutbercht may have made use of a pattern book designed for textiles. [1] The gospel book was produced in Salzburg, [1] [7] although older scholarship sometimes located it in Mercia or Northumbria. [8] Cutbercht made use of several Insular scripts.
The Salzburg Protestants (German: Salzburger Exulanten) were Protestant refugees who had lived in the Catholic Archbishopric of Salzburg until the 18th century. In a series of persecutions ending in 1731, over 20,000 Protestants were expelled from their homeland by the Prince-Archbishops .