Street
Sigmund-Haffner-Gasse is one of Salzburg’s oldest lanes, linking the Universitätsplatz toward the Getreidegasse a block off the main shopping crowds. It is named after Sigmund Haffner the Elder, a merchant and mayor whose family name carries two Mozart works, the Haffner Serenade and the Haffner Symphony. The lane holds the Galerie Welz and Austria’s oldest bookshop, trading on the same spot since 1492.
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merchant1699 - 1772
Wealthy Salzburg merchant and close acquaintance of the Mozart family. For the wedding of his daughter in 1776, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed the Haffner Serenade (K. 250). His family name is permanently attached to two major Mozart compositions.
