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Anif

Anif
Anif Palace
Coat of arms of Anif
Coat of arms
Anif is located in Austria
Anif
Anif
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°45′00″N 13°04′00″E / 47.75000°N 13.06667°E / 47.75000; 13.06667Coordinates: 47°45′00″N 13°04′00″E / 47.75000°N 13.06667°E / 47.75000; 13.06667
Country Austria
State Salzburg
District Salzburg-Umgebung
Government
 • Mayor Hans Krüger (LHK)
Area
 • Total 7.61 km2 (2.94 sq mi)
Elevation 434 m (1,424 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)
 • Total 4,085
 • Density 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 5081
Area code 06246
Vehicle registration SL
Website www.anif.salzburg.at

Anif is a municipality of Salzburg-Umgebung District in the Austrian state of Salzburg.

It is located at the southern city limits of Salzburg. In the south, it borders on Hallein District. Anif is one of the smallest municipalities in the state of Salzburg by area. As of 2011, the population is 4,000.

The grounds of Salzburg Zoo stretch from the gardens of Salzburg Hellbrunn Palace down to Anif.

Ad anua Ecclesia ("Church near Anif") in the Duchy of Bavaria was already mentioned in the 788 Congestum Arnonis register by Bishop Arno of Salzburg. The name is probably of Celtic origin and dates back to the Hallstatt era. For centuries the village belonged to the Archbishopric of Salzburg. The present-day St Oswald Church was supervised by the monks of St Peter's Abbey.

Anif Castle, erected in the early 16th century, was rebuilt by Prince-Archbishop Johann Ernst von Thun about 1693 and afterwards served as the summer residence of the Bishops of Chiemsee. Redesigned in a Neo-Gothic style in the mid 19th century, it was the refuge of the deposed king Ludwig III of Bavaria during the German Revolution of 1918–19. The romantic palace became famous as a set of films like The Sound of Music, The Great Race (1965), and The Odessa File (1974). It was also used as Cinderella's home in The Slipper and the Rose (1976).


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