Salzburg

Salzburg is the name of a state and city in Austria, near the German border.

The state of Salzburg is one of the country's smallest in terms of population, with an area of 7154 sq. km. and 520,000 inhabitants.

The city of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is a home to some 145,000 inhabitants with nearly 70,000 more in its suburbs. The history of the city goes back to the Romans, who made gave the small town of Juvavum the status of a municipality in ca. 40 AD.

Salzburg, a city of Austria, capital of the duchy of Salzburg, situated on both banks of the rapid Salza, 63 miles S.E. of Munich. The principal edifices are the cathedral (1614-1628) built in imitation of St. Peter's, Rome; the archbishop's palace, imperial palace, exchange, museum, and several benevolent institutions. It was the birthplace of Mozart. The manufactures are varied, but not of importance. The Bishops of Salzburg were princes of the German empire, and held the position of sovereigns over the archbishopric till it was secularized in 1802. Pop. 27,741. The duchy or crown-land of Salzburg, area 2,767 square miles, is a rugged mountainous country, intersected by numerous valleys, but in many of them much corn and fruit are raised. Wood is abundant, and the minerals include gold, silver, lead, copper, cobalt, iron, salt, and marble.

Entry from Everybody's Cyclopedia, 1912.