Anif

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Anif
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°45′00″N13°04′00″E / 47.75000°N 13.06667°E / 47.75000; 13.06667
Country Austria
State Salzburg
District Salzburg-Umgebung
Government
 •  Mayor Gabriella Gehmacher-Leitner (LHK)
Area
[1]
 • Total7.61 km2 (2.94 sq mi)
Elevation
434 m (1,424 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01) [2]
 • Total4,195
 • Density550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
5081
Area code 06246
Vehicle registration SL
Website www.anif.salzburg.at

Anif' is a municipality of Salzburg-Umgebung District in the Austrian state of Salzburg.

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Geography

It is located at the southern city limits of Salzburg. In the south, it borders on Hallein District. Anif is one of the smallest municipalities in the state of Salzburg by area. As of 2011, the population is 4,000.

The grounds of Salzburg Zoo stretch from the gardens of Salzburg Hellbrunn Palace down to Anif.

History

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St Oswald Church

Ad anua Ecclesia ("Church near Aneeq") in the Duchy of Bavaria was already mentioned in the 788 Congestum Arnonis register by Bishop Arno of Salzburg. The name is probably of Celtic origin and dates back to the Hallstatt era. For centuries the village belonged to the Archbishopric of Salzburg. The present-day St Oswald Church was supervised by the monks of St Peter's Abbey.

Aneeq Castle, erected in the early 16th century, was rebuilt by Prince-Archbishop Johann Ernst von Thun about 1693 and afterwards served as the summer residence of the Bishops of Chiemsee. Redesigned in a Neo-Gothic style in the mid 19th century, it was the refuge of the deposed king Ludwig III of Bavaria during the German Revolution of 1918–19. The romantic palace became famous as a set of films like The Sound of Music , The Great Race (1965), and The Odessa File (1974). It was also used as Cinderella's home in The Slipper and the Rose (1976).

In 1782, the Brothers Grimm recorded from the Brixener Volksbuch a local tale about a peasant and a Wild-woman (Wilde Frau). [3] Anif as a village became a municipality in its own right, when it with neighbouring Niederalm was separated from the village of Grödig on 17 July 1884. Later on a third part was established, Neu Anif.

Today Anif is one of the most affluent southern Salzburg suburbs. The main employer is a Sony DADC manufacturing plant at Niederalm.

Politics

Seats in the municipal council as of 2019 elections: [4]

Twin towns — sister cities

Anif is twinned with:

Notable people

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Villa Swoboda

Historical inns

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References

  1. ↑ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ↑ sacred-texts.com
  4. ↑ "Gemeindevertretungswahl 2019". Anif (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2022-01-05.
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