Anif is a small municipality with 4,300 inhabitants, located south of Salzburg

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 in the state

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 of Salzburg

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, Austria

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History

The place was mentioned for the first time as "the church near Anif" in 788. In 1782, the Grimm brothers recorded in his Brixener Volksbuch a local tale about a peasant and a Wilde Woman (Wilde Frau). Anif as a village of its own with its part Niederalm was separated from the neighbour village Grödig

Grödig

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 on July 17, 1894. Later on a third part was established, Neu Anif.

Politics

The City Council

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 has this representants:

• 12 Liste Hans Krüger (LHK)
• 5 ÖVP
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• 2 SPÖ
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• 2 Grüne
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Famous persons

• Herbert von Karajan
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  , famous maestro, lived and has his tomb there
• Dr. Hans Katschthaler, * March 13, 1933 in Embach, a village in the county of Pinzgau
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  , former governor of Salzburg province
• Luise Martini, * November 10, 1931 in Vienna, actress
• Riccardo Muti
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  , * 1941 in Naples, Italy, famous maestro
• Karl Habsburg-Lothringen
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  , * January 11, 1961 in Starnberg, Bavaria, grandson of last Austrian Emperor Karl I, (1916 - 1918), lives in Swoboda Villa, today called Casa Austria

Historical Inns

• Kaiserhof: first time mentioned in 15th century, today a hotel
• Friesacher: in the 16th century granted the right to serve beverages at the farmhouse Puechnergut, today a well known hotel
• "Zum Husaren": existing since 1877, the building itself had been established in 1645
• Schlosswirt: building mentioned first time in 1380, since 1607 the licence to serve wine and beer

Sights

• The old church of the village.
• The Anif Palace
  Anif Palace
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  , which became famous through the American film "The Sound of Music
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  " and which is owned by the family Earl of Moy.
• The Lasseregg Palace in the Niederalm, a part of the village Anif.