Anif

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Anif
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Austria
State	Salzburg
District	Salzburg-Umgebung
Mayor	Hans Krüger (ÖVP)
Basic statistics
Area	7.61 km² (2.9 sq mi)
Elevation	434 m  (1424 ft)
Population	4,081  (31/12/2005)
- Density	536 /km² (1,389 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SL
Postal code	5081
Area code	06246
Website	www.anif.salzburg.at Coordinates: 47°45′00″N 13°04′00″E / 47.75, 13.066667

Anif is a small municipality with 4,300 inhabitants, located south of Salzburg in the state of Salzburg, Austria.

[edit] History

The place was mentioned for the first time as "the church near Anif" in 788. In 1782, MM. Grimm recorded in his Brixener Volksbuch a local tale about a peasant and a Wilde Woman (Wilde Frau). Anif as a village of its own with its part Niederalm was separated from the neighbour village Grödig on July 17, 1894. Later on a third part was established, Neu Anif.

[edit] Famous persons

• Herbert von Karajan, famous maestro, lived and has his tomb there
• Dr. Hans Katschthaler, * March 13, 1933 in Embach, a village in the county of Pinzgau, former governor of Salzburg province
• Luise Martini, * November 10, 1931 in Vienna, actress
• Riccardo Muti, * 1941 in Naples, Italy, famous maestro
• Josef and Rosita Magnus, artitsts
• Karl Habsburg-Lothringen, * January 11, 1961 in Starnberg, Bavaria, grandson of last Austrian Emperor Karl I, (1916 - 1918), lives in Swoboda Villa, today called Casa Austria

[edit] Historical Inns

• Kaiserhof: first time mentioned in 15th century, today a hotel
• Friesacher: in the 16th century granted the right to serve beverages at the farmhouse Puechnergut, today a well known hotel
• "Zum Husaren": existing since 1877, the building itself had been established in 1645
• Schlosswirt: building mentioned first time in 1380, since 1607 the licence to serve wine and beer

[edit] Sights

• The old church of the village
• The Anif Palace, which became famous through the american film "The Sound of Music" and which is owned by the family Earl of Moy
• The Lasseregg Palace in the Niederalm, a part of the village Anif

[edit] References

This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.

• Anif, Kultur, Geschichte und Wirtschaft von Anif, Niederalm und Neu-Anif, Heinz Dopsch, Ewald Hiebl, 2003, 688 pages about the history of Anif, edition without an ISBN

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