{"id":545548,"date":"2021-10-06T14:55:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T12:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salzburgerland.com\/en\/?p=545548"},"modified":"2021-11-10T14:19:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T13:19:02","slug":"arnsdorf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salzburgerland.com\/en\/arnsdorf\/","title":{"rendered":"Arnsdorf"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pilgrimages and congregations<\/h2>\n

Pilgrimages, after all, still played an important role in Arnsdorf during Franz Xaver Gruber\u2019s days. The small municipality near Oberndorf had been well-known beyond its borders for centuries: Pilgrims came all the way from Rome to visit the \u201cMaria im M\u00f6sl\u201d Church and to this day each newly elected archbishop of Salzburg begins his position with a pilgrimage to Arnsdorf.<\/p>\n

The economic situation and prospects for the future were dire, which, in turn, made pilgrimages so much more attractive. Franz Xaver Gruber not only taught in Arnsdorf, but also serviced the pilgrims as a sacristan and organist. Sometimes this meant attending several masses in a single day. The high point was the 300-year anniversary of the Pilgrimage Church in the year 1820, which attracted 20,000 visitors. Abbots from the Michaelbeuern Abbey, to which the church belonged, as well as from St. Peter\u2019s Abbey, attended the orchestra\u2019s performance under Gruber\u2019s direction. Arnsdorf had thus always been a place where people met and congregated. A factor which Michael Haydn also took advantage of in order to perform songs in German together with pastor Rettensteiner. A novelty just like the four-part male choir, which is considered among the most significant musical developments of the 19th century.<\/p>\n

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