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St. Gilgen, located 25 km east of Salzburg, was the home of Mozart's grandfather, his mother was born here, and it was to here that his beloved sister Nannerl moved after her marriage .
Even though Mozart was never here, the history of this town is inextricably tied to that of Mozart.
Leopold Mozart's plan, which he forged with his son on their journey back from Vienna in September 1773, to visit the lake which shared the name of Mozart's own patron saint, as well as to show him the famous town where his mother was born, St. Gilgen, was never to be realized.
Neither did Mozart keep the promise, made to his sister on the occasion of her engagement: "... without fail to embrace you as Frau von Sonnenburg and your (her) husband next spring, both in Salzburg and St. Gilgen".
Mozart's mother Anna Maria Walburga Pertl was born in the former St. Gilgen district courthouse - today's Mozart memorial - on 25 December 1720. In 1784 Mozart's sister "Nannerl" and her husband moved into her mother's birthplace.
From 1716–1724 Mozart's grandfather Wolfgang Nicolaus Pertl held the office of Rechtspfleger (local judge) in St. Gilgen.
The Prince Archbishop of Salzburg, Graf Anton von Harrach, charged him with building the old courthouse, a commission fulfilled between 1719–1720.
Mozart's mother Anna Maria Walburga Pertl was born there on 25 December 1720. In
1724, her father died and the family moved to Salzburg where, in 1747, she
married Augsburg native, Leopold Mozart.
In 1784, Mozart's beloved sister Maria Anna Ignatia, nicknamed "Nannerl",
and her husband move into the "birth house" of her mother.
"Nannerl" - herself a great musical talent - married a successor to her grandfather, judge Johann Baptist Berchtold zu Sonnenburg, in 1784. Until her husband's death in 1801, she continued to live in St. Gilgen.
On the street side of the memorial site is a double relief by sculptor Jakob Gruber, unveiled in 1906, depicting Mozart's mother with daughter Nannerl.
Hours
June to September, Tuesday through Sunday
from 10 a.m. to noon and 3 to 6 p.m.
Entrance Prices
Adults: € 4.00
Children: € 2.50
Group price: (10 or more people) € 3.00
Special Slide Show
"The Mozarts and St. Gilgen" at the museum of musical instruments in St. Gilgen
(Aberseestraße 11, Tel. +43 (0) 6227 8235).
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