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Emperor Franz Joseph I
Emperor of Austria for 68 years, the longest-reigning Habsburg. Franz Joseph summered at the Kaiservilla for over six decades, making the Salzkammergut his personal retreat and transforming Bad Ischl into a glittering…
THE LOCALS
People who shaped Salzburg
Artists, composers, guides, hoteliers, chefs, makers, and founders with a real connection to the city.
204Salzburg lives and work
The origins map
Where Salzburg's people came from
A magnet more than a cradle: most of these figures were born elsewhere and came to Salzburg. Every pin is a birthplace.
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Emperor Joseph II
The Enlightenment emperor who reshaped the world Mozart moved into. Joseph II's radical reforms, known as Josephinism, dissolved monasteries, introduced religious tolerance, and restructured Catholic institutions…
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Emperor Maximilian I
Holy Roman Emperor known as "the Last Knight" for his love of chivalric culture and personal bravery in battle. Maximilian's most direct connection to Salzburg runs through Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, who served as…
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Empress Elisabeth ‘Sisi’
One of the most iconic figures in Austrian cultural memory. Elisabeth came to Bad Ischl in August 1853 with her mother and elder sister Helena, who was expected to marry Emperor Franz Joseph I. Instead, Franz Joseph…
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Empress Maria Theresia
The greatest Habsburg ruler of the 18th century, and the first royal patron of Mozart's genius. In October 1762, the six-year-old Wolfgang and his sister Nannerl performed for her at Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna,…
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Enrico Zuccalli
Court architect to the Bavarian Electors and one of the dominant baroque architects of the German-speaking world. Enrico Zuccalli came from the same extraordinary Graubunden tradition as his relative Giovanni Gaspare…
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Erwin Wurm
Erwin Wurm put a cluster of giant cucumber sculptures in a baroque garden and called it art. Gurken (2011) in Furtwanglerpark is exactly as absurd as it sounds and considerably more thought-provoking. Wurm is Austria's…
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Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn passed through Salzburg in 1831 on his celebrated Italian journey and wrote to his family about the city in terms of real delight. He was 22 years old, already the composer of the A Midsummer Night's…
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Ferdinand Fellner
Half of the most prolific theatre architecture partnership in the Habsburg Empire. Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer designed approximately 48 theatres across Central and Eastern Europe between 1873 and 1914,…
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Franz Anton Danreiter
The man who designed the Mirabell Gardens. Franz Anton Danreiter created the definitive baroque layout around 1730 under Archbishop Firmian, transforming an earlier garden into one of the finest baroque garden…
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Franz Anton Mesmer
Franz Anton Mesmer gave the twelve-year-old Mozart his first operatic premiere. The 1768 performance of Bastien und Bastienne in Mesmer's Vienna garden was a small private event, but it was the first time a Mozart…
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Franz Lehár
Franz Lehar spent his summers in Bad Ischl for over four decades, composing in the same Salzkammergut spa town where Emperor Franz Joseph I summered and Brahms wrote. The Merry Widow (1905) made him one of the most…