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[edit] Pic Spamming

Especially User:jonathanawhite - stop it. Too many pics, too long of descriptions, redundant pics. New gallery is a good idea. Fourdee 22:30, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Are the authors of this article aware of the nice pic of Salzburg to the right? It was a featured pic on the commons. John Dalton 06:17, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Very nice picture. I tried it and unfortunately it doesn't show up as well as the others at the 250px resolution. Fourdee 09:19, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Zweig had been marked by accident as being born here - no, it was Wien. Re Europrix, I moved it out of the list of peopel born here where it had somehow accidentally got attached. What is it, is it important enough to mention, do we need some more?? Nevilley 22:07 Feb 17, 2003 (UTC)

I put the fountain pic on the page but, though I took the pic myself, I didn't note the name of the Square where the fountain was situated. Can anyone tell me so that I can add that fact to the caption?
Thanks Adrian Pingstone 13:16, 17 Sep 2003 (UTC)

"Nearly 70,000 of the city's inhabitants live in its suburbs." Huh? Either they are city residents or they aren't. Does this perhaps mean that the 145,000 listed as the population of the city is actually the population of an unmentioned metro area called Salzburg or perhaps the population of the state of Salzburg? Is the population of the city only 75,000 then? Rmhermen 13:49, Sep 17, 2003 (UTC)

--- The fountain is on the "Domplatz", the square in front of the main cathedral. The population of Salzburg is about 150,000, with some 20,000 living in the baroque ancient city centre. gdun 19:45, Mar 9, 2004

-- Actually this fountain is on the Residenzplatz, which is next to the Domplatz. RichardH 15:05, Nov 25, 2004

"Around 700, the Roman Empire founded Juvavum on the site of modern-day Salzburg."

-This can't be true...the Roman Empire fell in 476 AD, and wasn't around in 700 BC, so it can't be a simple mislabeling. It can't be a mislabeling referring to the Holy Roman Empire either, for it hadn't been founded yet. bob rulz 07:36, Apr 2, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Germany or Austria?!

Salzburg (population 150,000 in 2006) is a city in western Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg (population 520,000 in 2003).

The table on the right says Country: Germany.

Why is it listed as being in both countries? xgravity23 04:51, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Because the Infobox template that was just added is meant to be used for cities in Germany, not Austria. There apparently is no template for Austrian cities, I can't change it, and I don't know how to make infoboxes. So someone who is knowledgeable in making/modifying infoboxes needs to fix it. Cheers --DarthBinky 06:02, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
I had to revert to the last version without the infobox. I couldn't let it stand with it saying Germany there... --DarthBinky 06:08, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No reason to mention czech name!

Salzburg is about 150km away from the border to the czech republic. There is no obvious reason to mention the czech name of Salzburg in the english article. It would be more logical to mention the japanese name because of the tourism, but czech... sorry but this is absolut nonsense!--Salzburger 13:21, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

We were one country, I think it is perfectly legal to add czech equivalent to the austrian cities related to the czech history. ≈Tulkolahten≈≈talk≈ 14:14, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
So we would have to add the serbien, hungarian, slovenian, croatian an even italian (south tirol) name and this in each austrian city? I think when someone wants to read about Salzburg in czech, or wants to know the czech name he will take a look at the "In other languages"-box on the left hand side. Of course it would be possible to add the equivalent, but I don`t think that this is common handling in wikipedia. So far the czech article Praha doesn`t show anything about the german name "Prag" in the first lines. If you really have the opinion that the mentioning of the czech name is necessary, it could be mentioned somwhere in salzburgs history... as a compromiss!? Sorry for my bad english. Greetings, --Salzburger 14:36, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
And what about Brno for example. ≈Tulkolahten≈≈talk≈ 14:40, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Brno is much nearer to the austrian border than Salzburg to czech republic and, although in my opinion it would not be necessary to mention the german name in the english article, Brno really has a history which is linked to austria. In contrast to Salzburg, which has nothing to do with czech history (exept the Austria-Hungary monarchy). partly austrian history. Salzburg does`t have any czech history, salzburgs history is thight linked to bavaria. Greetings, --Salzburger 15:07, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Expulsion of the Protestants

There is an inaccuracy. "Landowners were given 2 days to sell their lands and leave." and further in the same paragraph:"Yet those who owned land benefitted from one key advantage: the three-month deadline delayed their departure until after the worst of winter."

Since this entire section cites not one source, it is difficult to check, whether landowners had two days or three months. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Maryanntherese (talk • contribs) 20:06, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Population Development

I would argue that 20th century population by decade is secondary information, and should come after the history of the area. Also, there is a huge drop-off in popultion in 1961, with an almost equally dramatic rebound in 1971. Is the 1961 number in fact true? If so, I think some explanation of the cause of such wide swings should be mentioned after the data. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Maryanntherese (talk • contribs) 20:11, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sculpture

Right outside the Salzburg central railway station, at the centre of the station square, is an abstract sculpture consisting of various vaguely rectangular-shaped blocks. What is this sculpture called, who designed it, and when? JIP | Talk 20:21, 29 October 2007 (UTC)