On the Mönchsberg in Salzburg

Besides the views it offered, the Mönchsberg held particular charm for the Romantics for its own landscape. At the time, the loss of balance between man and nature was already being felt, and on the Mönchsberg the natural world seemed as yet unspoilt. Painters such as Schwemminger admired the Marketenderschlössel (Mönchsberg 21) and the Hintermeiergütl (Mönchsberg 22) against the background of the Staufen, part of the Chiemgau Alps in the Berchtesgaden region. The former property once belonged to Prince-Archbishops Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau and Max Gandolf von Kuenburg; today it houses students from the US University of Redlands. The latter was rebuilt in 1870 after a fire. The surrounding meadows offered plenty of space for celebrations, such as the great singing festival of 1849 or the "7th German Artists’ Festival" in 1862 with 10,000 participants (the town’s population at the time was only 18,000).

DUCKE Astrid mit einem Beitrag von/with a text by Helga Buchschartner (HB), Stadt Salzburg/The Town of Salzburg, in: DUCKE Astrid, HABERSATTER Thomas (Hrsg./Edited): Stadt ∙ Land ∙ Berg. Salzburg und seine Umgebung. Town ∙ Landscape ∙ Mountain. Salzburg and surroundings. Residenzgalerie Salzburg. Salzburg 2022, S./p. 68–69