ST. GILGEN
St Gilgen is a town by the Wolfgangsee in the Austrian state of Salzburg in a region known as the Salzkammergut. St Gilgen is a well known travel destination.
MOZART´S STAY
St. Gilgen, located 25 km east of Salzburg, was the home of Mozart's grandfather, his mother was born here, and it was to here that his beloved sister Nannerl moved after her marriage. Even though Mozart was never here, the history of this town is inextricably tied to that of Mozart. Only a few people are aware of its historic background.
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The former district court Mozart's mother, Anna Maria Walburga Pertl, was born in St. Gilgen's former district courthouse on Dec. 25th, 1720. Mozart's sister, "Nannerl", moves here with her husband in 1784. From 1716 - 1724 Mozart's grandfather Wolfgang Nicolaus Pertl held the office of Rechtspfleger (local judge) in St. Gilgen.The Prince Archbishop of Salzburg, Graf Anton von Harrach, charged him with building the old courthouse, a commission fulfilled between 1719 and 1720. Mozart's mother, Anna Maria Walburga Pertl, was born there on 25 December 1720. In 1724, her father died and the family moved to Salzburg, where she married Leopold Mozart, a native of Augsburg, in 1747. In 1784, Mozart's beloved sister Maria Anna Ignatia, known as "Nannerl", and her husband move into the house where her mother had been born. "Nannerl" - herself a great musical talent - married a successor to her grandfather's office, the judge Johann Baptist Berchtold zu Sonnenburg. Nannerl lived in St. Gilgen until her husband's death in 1801. On the street side of the memorial house is a relief of Mozart's mother and Nannerl by the sculptor Jakob Gruber, which was unveiled in 1906. Fountain to Mozart's mother In front of the Mozart Memorial House, there is a small, inviting garden with a charming fountain by Toni Schneider Manzell, depicting Mozart's mother as a small girl. Parish Church The marriage of Mozart's grandparents took place in the parish church of St. Aegidius and his mother, Anna Maria Walburga Pertl, was christened there on the same day as she was born (25 December, 1720). Mozart's sister Nannerl married Johann Baptist Berchtold zu Sonnenburg there on 23 August 1784, and Mozart's grandfather and his brother-in-law are buried there.
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CONTACT & INFORMATION
Tourismusverband Mondsee Bundesstraße 1a 5340 St. Gilgen AUSTRIA Tel. +43 6227 2348 Fax: +43 6227 23489 http://www.wolfgangsee.at E-mail: [email protected]
Kulturverein Mozartdorf Mozartplatz 1 5340 St. Gilgen am Wolfgangsee AUSTRIA Tel: + 43 6227 2348 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.mozartdorf.at