Mozartplatz (Salzburg)
The Mozart Square is a representative rectangular square in the old town of the city of Salzburg , the various by breaking townhouses under Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau was created as planned 1588th The representative main traffic axis from west to east ran across the square on the right bank from Universitätsplatz via Alten Markt and Residenzplatz , which gained additional importance with the construction of the Sigmundstore .
In 1620 Paris Lodron left the building site in the east of the square to the cathedral builder Santino Solari , but the sites in the north to the High Princely Councilor Friedrich von Rehlingen. The house Mozartplatz 1 is the New Residence , which today houses the Salzburg Museum .
The Mozart Monument
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In 1835, the writer Julius Schilling , who came from Poznan in what is now Poland, suggested a memorial on today's Mozartplatz for Mozart, who was previously unknown in Salzburg. Significant sponsors abroad, but also in Vienna, ultimately supported the construction of the monument. The Bavarian King Ludwig I of Bavaria donated a considerable sum and donated the base of the bronze statue. On the occasion of the erection of the Mozart statue, a large, now lost Roman mosaic of Archeloos with an athlete's battle picture was recovered under Mozartplatz, whereby the salvage work delayed the erection of the monument. (The saying in the mosaic hic habitat felicitas, nihil mali intRet - Here lives the happiness no harm kick a - points to the long-term peace, before Marcomannic incidence in Iuvavum prevailed).
Designed by Ludwig Schwanthaler and cast by Johann Baptist Stiglmaier , the monument was finally unveiled on September 5, 1842 in the presence of both of Mozart's surviving sons, Franz Xaver and Carl Thomas. Mozart's widow, however, could no longer experience the inauguration. She had died shortly before in the house at Mozartplatz 8.
The celebration was framed by a festival with a torchlight procession, boat trips, alpine parade, target shooting and horse racing. Many citizens mourned the old Michaelsbrunnen, which was simultaneously removed.
The Rehlingen City Palace (Antretterhaus)
(Mozartplatz 4) The well structured building with its two courtyards and the richly structured basket arch portal was built between the 16th and 18th centuries. The facades with the curved window frames date from around 1760. The red marble portals on the first floor of the house with their relief medallions (lion heads, portraits, Caesar's head, images of stork, pelican and phoenix) were made around 1550 (the local coat of arms of Eberl von Strasenegg bears the year 1656). This house is the former city palace of the noble family of the Lords of Rehlingen, who lived here until 1765. The Chancellor of the Salzburg Countryside and Court War Councilor Johann Ernst von Antretter and his wife Maria Anna bought this house in 1765. The Antretter family was subsequently closely connected to Leopold Mozart and his family. Cajetan Antretter, the son of the Antretter family, was a member of the Bölzlschützenkompanie together with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . The daughter of the Antretter family was the student of Maria Anna ("Nannerl") Mozart. The Antretter family also commissioned the well-known serenade for orchestra in D major by WA Mozart (Antretter Serenade, KV 185).
Also noteworthy is the house chapel of the former aristocratic residence, which is attached to the old city wall and is also clearly visible from Rudolfskai. It is decorated with delicately framed rococo windows and a bell tower with an onion helmet. In the Antretterhaus (in addition to the offices of various lawyers), the Institute for Musicology of the University of Salzburg is housed.
The Imhofstöckl
(Mozartplatz 5–7) The two-storey Imhofstöckl, built shortly before 1620, adjoins the Antretterhaus. The simple elongated house, covered with wood shingle, is divided by basket arch portals and is only separated from the old Paris Lodron city wall by a narrow inner courtyard. Today, an official building of the magistrate (cultural department) is housed here.
The three canonical courts
(Mozartplatz 8, 9 and 10) These houses have a uniform facade and date from the 17th century. House No. 9 bears the coat of arms of Prince Archbishop Sigismund von Schrattenbach . Above the northern side portal there is a coat of arms of Max Gandolf von Kuenburg including an inscription (1670). After the first owner Santino Solari had sold the buildings to the cathedral chapter, canons in particular lived here for a long time. Today, in addition to apartments, it mainly houses the offices of the office of the Salzburg state government and the state school board.
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- Lieselotte v. Eltz-Hoffmann: The churches of Salzburg . Verlag Anton Pustet, Salzburg 1993, ISBN 3-7025-0308-0
- Bernd Euler, Ronald Gobiet, Horst Huber: Dehio Salzburg - City and Country . Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-7031-0599-2
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Coordinates: 47 ° 47 '55.9 " N , 13 ° 2' 50.8" E