Politics

Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau

1559–1617Local figure

Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau

Addresses you can still visit

Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.

  • Created here

    Capuchin Monastery

    He brought the Capuchins to Salzburg and converted the former Trompeterschlössl fortification into their monastery.

  • Created here

    Franciscan Church

    He ordered the connecting passage between the Franciscan Church and the archiepiscopal Residenz.

  • Lived here

    Hohensalzburg Fortress

    The deposed prince-archbishop spent his final years imprisoned in the fortress and died there in 1617.

  • Created here

    New Residence

    He cleared the site and initiated the New Residence as a palace and prestigious guest accommodation.

  • Created here

    Salzburg Residenz

    He demolished the medieval episcopal residence and began the monumental Italianate palace around 1600.

  • Burial place

    St. Sebastian's Cemetery and Gabriel Chapel

    His Gabriel Chapel mausoleum occupies the center of the cemetery he commissioned in the Italian style.

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