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The birth of the town Salzburg can be set in the year 696 when
the missionary St. Rubert arrived and founded the Benedictine
Monastery of St. Peters. The town merged into an independent
church state, ruled by a sovereign, the Archbishop. He was not
only the spiritual leader but possessed also worldly powers.
Its organisation was Vatican-like and Salzburg was not called
the "Rome of the North" by accident.
Located between the two mountains Kapuzinerberg and Mönchsberg
and the River Salzach it is a picturesque city with small
alleys, quaint colorful town homes, rich castles and palaces,
neat gardens and a high density of churches and monasteries.
The Fortress of Hohensalzburg, a 900 year old building
you cannot overlook, is considered to be the best-preserved
Medieval Fortress throughout Europe.
St. Sebastian is the city's most impressive church, built
in the Gothic style, with a well-tended cemetery. The city of
Salzburg lays proof of the wealth and power of the Archbishop
and the Catholic Church and is a home to approximately 150.000
inhabitants today.
Salzburg is also a city of music. It was the home and
birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the memorial on the
Mozart place is honouring this city's famous son. Nevertheless
was Salzburg also a very popular stop for musicians from around
the world, due the Archbishops' traditional keenness for music.
This state has not changed through the centuries. Today Salzburg
is known for its annual Festival (Salzburger Festspiele), which
offers a variety of operas, concerts and theatre plays, reaching
from classical to contemporary styles. The city is also a very
popular place to get a decent musical or theatrical education
and so many students from around the world enrol to one of the
different schools offered in Salzburg every year.
German Language Schools in Salzburg!
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