Anif

Anif
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Anif
Country	Austria
State	Salzburg
District	Salzburg-Umgebung
Mayor	Hans Krüger (LHK)
Area	7.61 km2 (3 sq mi)
Elevation	434 m  (1424 ft)
Population	4,026 (1 January 2011)
- Density	529 /km2 (1,370 /sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SL
Postal code	5081
Area code	06246
Website	www.anif.salzburg.at

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

History

The place was mentioned for the first time as "the church near Anif" in 788. In 1782, the Grimm brothers 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.

Politics

The City Council has this representants:

• 12 Liste Hans Krüger (LHK)
• 5 ÖVP
• 2 SPÖ
• 2 Grüne

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
• 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

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

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.

Zoo Salzburg

The Salzburg Zoo has its location in Anif.

See also

• Salzburgerland
• Salzburg

References

This article incorporates information 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