- Oberndorf bei Salzburg
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Oberndorf bei Salzburg Country Austria State Salzburg District Salzburg-Umgebung Mayor Peter Schröder (SPÖ) Area 4.55 km2 (2 sq mi) Elevation 401 m (1316 ft) Population 5,590 (1 January 2011)[1] - Density 1,229 /km² (3,182 /sq mi) Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate SL Postal code 5110 Area code 06272 Website www.oberndorf.co.at Coordinates: 47°56′30″N 12°56′30″E / 47.94167°N 12.94167°E
Oberndorf bei Salzburg is a town in the Austrian state of Salzburg, about 17 km (11 mi) north of the City of Salzburg. It is situated on the river Salzach in the Flachgau district.
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Its twin sister-town across the Salzach Bridge is Laufen in Bavaria. The town was split in two in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars when the former Principality of the Salzburg Archbishops was divided in 1816 following the Congress of Vienna into a part taken by the Kingdom of Bavaria and a part taken by the Austrian Empire.
Oberndorf is famous worldwide as the birthplace of the carol Silent Night, which was first performed at the former St. Nikola parish church by the school master Franz Gruber and the young priest Joseph Mohr on Christmas Eve 1818, from where it spread out to the world. As in the 1890s several floods of the Salzach river destroyed large parts of Oberndorf, the church was finally demolished and a memorial chapel was erected on its site in 1937. A replica can be found in Frankenmuth, Michigan.
Oberndorf has just over 5000 inhabitants and can be reached from Salzburg by S-Bahn rapid transit railway and the B 156 Lamprechtshausener Straße federal highway running from Salzburg toward Braunau am Inn.
Notable people
- Leopold Kohr (1909-1994), economist, was born in Oberndorf
- Benita Ferrero-Waldner, diplomat, (b. 1948) in Salzburg, but grew up in Oberndorf
- Barbara Hansel (b. 1983), worldclass beachvolleyball player, grew up in Oberndorf
See also
- Salzburg
- Salzburgerland
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Municipalities in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung Anif · Anthering · Bergheim · Berndorf · Bürmoos · Dorfbeuern · Ebenau · Elixhausen · Elsbethen · Eugendorf · Faistenau · Fuschl am See · Großgmain · Göming · Grödig · Hallwang · Henndorf · Hintersee · Hof bei Salzburg · Koppl · Köstendorf · Lamprechtshausen · Mattsee · Neumarkt am Wallersee · Nußdorf am Haunsberg · Oberndorf bei Salzburg · Obertrum · Plainfeld · Sankt Georgen · Sankt Gilgen · Schleedorf · Seeham · Seekirchen · Straßwalchen · Strobl · Thalgau · Wals-Siezenheim
Categories:- Cities and towns in Salzburg (state)
- Cities and towns in Salzburg-Umgebung District
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