Churfürststrasse (Salzburg)

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The Churfürststrasse in Salzburg seen from the west
The Ritzerbogen

The Churfürststraße in the city of Salzburg is a small street in the middle of the left old town . The Ritzerbogen pedestrian passage forms its western extension .

Location and importance

Churfürststraße runs from the Alter Markt on its south side in a westward direction to Sigmund-Haffner-Gasse . At only around 50 meters, it is only one block long, but forms an indispensable part of the geographical middle of three ways to cross the old town from east to west ( Mozartplatz to Herbert-von-Karajan-Platz). The street is in the middle of the pedestrian zone. After crossing Sigmund-Haffner-Gasse, its western extension is the Ritzerbogen, a pedestrian passage through Sigmund-Haffner-Gasse 10 to Universitätsplatz . The current breakthrough through this so-called Ritzerhaus (named after the Ritz family ) has existed since 1626, when it replaced the already existing small passage.

Churfürstsraße has been named since 1873 in memory of the fact that Salzburg and its surroundings were an electorate united with Berchtesgaden , Passau and Eichstätt from 1803 to 1805 and were ruled by Archduke Ferdinand (1769-1824). The street's previous name was Alter Salzmarkt .

building

Side entrance to Café Tomaselli

There are two buildings on the right-hand side of the street: on the one hand, a side entrance (no address given on Churfürststraße ) to the corner building at Alter Markt 9, through which one arrives at Café Tomaselli . A plaque next to it indicates that Mozart's widow Constanze and her second husband Georg von Nissen lived in this house for six years, namely from 1820 to 1826 with their children. The panel contains three factual errors: the first was Georg Nikolaus Nissen not noble, so did not have from the name, the second came Georg Nikolaus Nissen and Constanze Mozart together until 1824 in Salzburg, and 3. the children did not live at that time more her mother.

The house at Churfürststraße 4 is a one-story building and houses several shops.

Tuscany tract
The facade of the Tuscany wing of the Residenz on Churfürststraße

The entire left side of the street at the address Churfürststraße 1 is taken up by the so-called Toskanatrakt of the Salzburg Residence . The name originated in the 19th century and is derived from the fact that this part of the residence was from 1867 until the end of the Austrian monarchy in 1914 for Ferdinand IV , Grand Duke of Tuscany and brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I , after his escape Florence served as a winter residence.

The Toskanatrakt was built under Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau from 1605 to 1611 as an extension of the residence and replaced some older town houses. With a redesign at the end of the 18th century under Archbishop Hieronymus von Colloredo , the original splendid design of the rooms and the two inner courtyards was largely lost. After the First World War , the premises were adapted to accommodate the Salzburg Federal Police Directorate in 1922, which was stationed there until the mid-1980s. After subsequent restoration work, the Law Faculty of the University of Salzburg moved in . In the course of the restoration, some of Wolf Dietrich's sumptuous furnishings came to light again, including the map gallery, which is now used as the reading room of the legal library.

Web links

Commons : Churfürststraße  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Although it is believed that Nissen was not noble, is usually in Salzburg by called in the name, so in the event of him named street and on his grave stone in Sebastian Cemetery . On the question of the title of nobility cf. the article in Salzburgwiki: Georg Nikolaus Nissen (version from November 4, 2018). Retrieved June 24, 2019 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Measurement on the official geographic information system of the State of Salzburg ( SAGIS ).
  2. ^ Franz Martin : Salzburg street names. List of streets, alleys, squares, paths, bridges, gates and parks with an explanation of their names. 5th, substantially revised edition by Willa Leitner-Martin and Andreas Martin. Announcements of the Society for Salzburg Regional Studies , 25th supplement, self-published by the Society, Salzburg 2006.
  3. ↑ specifications according Salzburgwiki ( Churfürststraße (Version of 10 December. 2018) Retrieved on June 24, 2019 . ).
  4. ^ University of Salzburg: The Tuscany wing. Retrieved June 24, 2019 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 47 '57.1 "  N , 13 ° 2' 40.5"  E