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Salzburg is an Austrian federal state. In German it is called a Bundesland, a German-to-English dictionary translates that to federal state and the European Commission calls it a province. In German, its official name is Land Salzburg, to distinguish it from its eponymous capital Salzburg. For centuries, it was an independent Prince-Bishopric of the Holy Roman Empire. It borders Germany & Italy.
Hermine "Miep" Gies was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank, her family and four other Dutch Jews from the Nazis in an annex above Otto Frank's business premises during World War II. She was Austrian by birth, but in 1920, at the age of eleven, she was taken in as a foster child by a Dutch family in Leiden to whom she became very attached. Although she was only supposed to stay for six months, this stay was extended to one year because of frail health, after which Gies chose to remain with them, living the rest of her life in the Netherlands.
Maria Augusta von Trapp DHS, often styled as “Baroness”, was the stepmother and matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. She wrote The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, which was published in 1949 and was the inspiration for the 1956 West German film The Trapp Family, which in turn inspired the 1959 Broadway musical The Sound of Music and its 1965 film version.
Johann Nepomuk Hiedler was the maternal great-grandfather and possibly also the paternal grandfather of Adolf Hitler.
Joseph Johann Baptist Woelfl was an Austrian pianist and composer.
Anton Karl Karas was an Austrian zither player and composer, best known for his internationally famous 1948 soundtrack to Carol Reed's The Third Man. His association with the film came about as a result of a chance meeting with its director. The success of the film and the enduring popularity of its theme song changed Karas' life.
August "Gustl" Friedrich Kubizek was an Austrian musical conductor and writer best known for being a close friend of Adolf Hitler, when both were in their late teens. He later wrote about their friendship in his book The Young Hitler I Knew (1955).
Johannes "Hanns" Evangelist Hörbiger was an Austrian engineer from Vienna with roots in Tyrol. He took part in the construction of the Budapest subway and in 1894 invented a new type of valve essential for compressors still in widespread use today.
Leopold Hawelka was an Austrian coffee house owner. He and his wife, Josefine Hawelka, founded and operated Café Hawelka.
Felix (von) Lichnowsky, fullyFelix Maria Vincenz Andreas Fürst von Lichnowsky, Graf von Werdenberg was a son of the historian Eduard Lichnowsky who had written a history of the Habsburg family.
Frank W. "Dutch" Ulrich was a Czech-American professional baseball player who played three seasons for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1925 through 1927. In 1927, he had the seventh-best earned run average (ERA) in the National League (NL). He batted and threw right-handed.
Franz Xaver Strasser was an Austrian Nazi Party Kreisleiter and war criminal. Strasser was the first war criminal to be judged at the Dachau trials.
Events from the year 1750 in Austria
Events from the year 1760 in Austria
Events from the year 1785 in Austria
Ann Tizia Leitich was an Austrian writer and journalist.
Rosa CarolaStreitmann, von Jenny from 1885 and Benvenisti from 1888 was an Austrian operetta singer and singing pedagogue.
Hilda Crozzoli was one of the first female architects and civil engineers in Austria.
Leopold Vogl, or Vogel, was an Austrian footballer and manager who played for a number of clubs in Austria. He featured twice for the Austria national football team in 1935, scoring two goals.
Andreas Karl Franz Fail, from 1875 Fail-Griessler was an Austro-Hungarian General of Infantry. He was born 25 February 1857 in Graz and died 6 March 1919 in Graz. At the beginning of the First World War he was commander of the 32nd Infantry Troop Division in Syrmia during the Serbian campaign, then from September to November 1914 commanding general of the VII Army Corps, which during this time was deployed with the k.u.k. 2nd and 3rd Armies at the Carpathians.
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