Kapitelplatz and Kapitelgasse

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Kapitelplatz and cathedral

The Kapitelplatz is a great place south of the Salzburg Cathedral in Salzburg's old town . The spacious square looks to the east to the Dompropstei and the Archbishop's Palace and to the south to the fortress and the Kapitelschwemme. This is followed by the Kardinal Schwarzenberghaus, the cathedral chapter and the mill yard of the St. Peter monastery . The novitiate wing of the monastery follows to the west of the square. Kapitelplatz and Kapitelgasse are named after the seat of the Salzburg Cathedral Chapter in Kapitelgasse (Kapitelgasse 4 and adjacent houses).

Kapitelgasse looking towards Kapitelplatz

Waldstein's canonical house

(Kapitelgasse 2)

For the first time the house is mentioned in 1547 as the cathedral capital "Cammerhaus". In 1663 it was called "Thumherrenhoff" at the Schwemb (Kapitelschwemme) and in 1864 it was extended with a modified facade. In times of the monarchy the Kk fortress command was housed here first and after 1858 "Geniedirektion" Salzburg (military administration). Today the house is used by the Archdiocese of Salzburg.

Chapter house

Chapter house

(Kapitelgasse 4)

As early as 1592, Prince Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau had planned a new house as the seat of the cathedral chapter in the former Dompropsteigarten. A realization took place after the cathedral fire in 1598, during which the canons' old rooms were also burned down. In 1602, Wolf Dietrich began to realize his project, which he was largely able to complete in 1606. The old Kapitelgarten was built as the new residence of the canons and in 1608 it was decorated with the marble coats of arms of the 24 canons, the provost and the dean. There is also a coat of arms of Prince Archbishop Wolf Dietrich with the slogan "MDCIII - Wolfgangus Theodorics Archiep (iscopu) s fecit". The meeting room of the cathedral chapter, the "Capitelsaal" and a chapel, the cathedral chancellery and the registry were also located here. From 1808 the house was used as a tobacco store in the 19th century, it was only used as a barracks for a short time during the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars. After being used as a tax office for a long time until 1990, the house is now part of the University of Salzburg . The rectorate and administration rooms are located in it.

Salm Firmian Canonical House

(Kapitelgasse 5 - 7)

The building, also known as the “Firmian-Salm-Haus”, was built in 1603/10 as the Olmützerhof on the site of the old cathedral hospital, which was then moved to the Nonntal valley. Before that, the cathedral hospital existed here, of which various parts of the wall were used. In 1693/94 it was divided into two canonical courts (canon courts). The current 17th century facade was built in 1860.

Today the building houses, among other things, one of the two libraries of the Law Faculty of the University of Salzburg, a sub-library of the University Library of Salzburg .

Domdechantei

(Kapitelgasse 6) see article Kaigasse and Krotachgasse

Dompropstei

(Kapitelgasse 1 = Kapitelplatz 1)

It was built around 1600 under Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau as the "new Canonicalhof bei der Schwemb" instead of two previous buildings that last served as canons' houses. In the largely new building, the old structure was partially used up to the second floor, which explains the lower ground floor. The stately building has a seven-axis front and is therefore a dominant part of Kapitelplatz. In 1596 there was still a stable for 14 horses in the Propsteigarten in a low transverse tract, the cathedral capitular "Gmainstall bey der Roßschwemb". The entrance hall to Kapitelgasse with its Tuscan columns probably also dates from the time of Wolf Dietrich. In 1790 the main entrance was moved to Kapitelgasse. The rustic portal to Kapitelplatz, which was walled up at the time, was only exposed again in 1977 and partially reconstructed in the process.

Archbishop's Palace

(Kapitelplatz 2)

This building emerged from the merger of two originally separate canonical courtyards around 1690. The house was mainly designed by the well-known architect Sebastian Stumpfegger . In the 19th century this was the residence of the archbishops. The portal of the house is adorned with a coat of arms of Archbishop Josef von Tarnoczy . The old portal to Kapitelgasse bears the coat of arms of Johann Ernst von Thun (1693).

The Cardinal Schwarzenberg House

(Kapitelplatz 3)

The former granarium , a cathedral capitular box building (granary), was first mentioned in 1569 and restored in 1635 and 1695. In 1775 the building was called Domkapitel-Pfister-Mühle and after 1800 the alluvial bakery. The prince-archbishop's granary was converted into vehicle garages after 1920 with a solid concrete construction and was always used as a garage until 1990. In 2006 the house was redesigned from the original granary to a "warehouse of knowledge" and named after the later Cardinal Archbishop Friedrich Fürst zu Schwarzenberg (1809–1880). In addition to the cathedral archive and some rooms for the cathedral museum, this storehouse of knowledge also contains a large, contemporary space for cathedral music, especially for the cathedral choir and choir boys. The cathedral music was mentioned in a document as early as 1393 by Archbishop Pilgrim II of Puchheim as the "Salzburg Cantorey". The cathedral choir has been director of the cathedral choir since 1987, János Czifra . The Salzburg Cathedral Boys' Choir was re-established in 1974. The Salzburg Cathedral Music Orchestra consists of members of the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra.

The cathedral parish

(Kapitelplatz 7)

Most of the building dates from the 16th century, but it may also be based on a medieval building. It was already the city parsonage around 1530 and is called the city mechanic in 1813. Above the portal there is an inscription plaque with the words " Capitulum ecclesiae Metropolianae Salzaeburg fecit 1521 "

Mühlenhof and Pfisterei of the St. Peter Abbey

The Mühlenhof with its renewed old mill wheel over the Almkanal dates from the Middle Ages. On the side of the Festungsgasse there is a marble relief with a representation and coat of arms of Abbot Wolfgang Walcher. The Pfisterei (monastery bakery) of the monastery is by far the oldest bakery in Salzburg. The Stiftsmühle has been in operation since 1150.

The chapter glut

Neptune and sea horse of the Kapitelschwemme

This horse pond in the complex dates from the 17th century. The winged horse ( Pegasus ) once stood here , which is now in the Mirabell Gardens . This fountain was rebuilt in 1732 under Archbishop Firmian . It is framed by a marble balustrade and has a niche architecture built in front of the fountain house. Double pilasters carry a high arched niche in which the monumental sculpture of the sea god Neptune with a trident and crown on a sea horse with a fish tail is depicted. The ancient sea god holds on to the horse's mane with one hand. Water leaps from the nostrils of the sea horse. The two tritons on the side, which also spout water, are older and only came to their present location later. They were made in 1691. The other sculptures in the horse pond are by Josef Anton Pfaffinger , but the entire design goes back to Franz Anton Danreiter . The water below the sea horse flows in a wide band into the deeper basin of the horse pond. Above the display bellows there is a flower-adorned vase held by putti, Archbishop Firmian's ornate coat of arms and a chronogramLeopoLDVs prInCeps Me eXtrVXIt ”.

The typeface of the chronogram - normal and oversized letters (in the original the whole script is in Latin capital letters) is explained as follows:

  • The capital letters are text letters on the one hand and Roman numerals on the other. The whole capital letters added together as Roman numerals L + L + D + V + I + C + M + X + V + X + I = 1732, the year of construction.

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  • Bernd Euler, Ronald Gobiet u. a .: The art monuments of Austria - SALZBURG city and country , Verlag Schroll Vienna, 1986, ISBN 3-7031-0599-2
  • Josef Hübl: Local history of the city of Salzburg , Verlag Salzburger Druckerei, Salzburg 1965

Web links

Commons : Kapitelplatz  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Kapitelhaus  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 47 '50 "  N , 13 ° 2' 49"  E