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Contrary to older scholarly literature about Mozart, the "Coronation Mass" K. 317 was not written for the pilgrimage church of Maria Plain, a church where the Mozart family frequently had mass read. Rather it was the mass in F-major K. 192.
The church of Maria Plain is located on the Plainberg and is the city's traditional pilgrimage church. This spot is not only of interest from a historic and cultural perspective - the Plainberg also affords glorious views out over Salzburg City.
The legend of this pilgrimage site revolves around a sacred picture of the Virgin Mary with the Baby Jesus, which now adorns the high altar. During the 30 Years War, when the town of Regen (in Lower Bavaria) was set in flames, this picture was miraculously spared.
In 1652, after the picture of the Virgin Mary had been brought to Salzburg, Archbishop Guidobald Thun ordered the construction of a chapel. Next to this wooden chapel, Archbishop Max Gandolf had a church built under the direction of architect Giovanni Antonio Dario (1671-1674).
The interior of this single-aisle structure is almost entirely original. The high altar dates from 1674. The altar painting of Mary's Assumption by Frans de Neve, is framed by figures of Saints Vitalis and Maximilian, as well as of Rupert and Virgil, created by Jakob Gerold. Before the altar table stands the aforementioned sacred picture of Maria Plain.
On July 4th, 1751, the fifth Sunday after Whitsunday, the painting was crowned and decorated with a radiant silver rocaille wreath. Every year since that time, Maria Plain has celebrated its Coronation Festival .
In honor of the 28th Coronation Festival, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed the mass we talked about before.
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