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  Anif Location within Austria | |
| Coordinates:47°45′00″N13°04′00″E / 47.75000°N 13.06667°E /47.75000; 13.06667 | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Salzburg |
| District | Salzburg-Umgebung |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gabriella Gehmacher-Leitner (LHK) |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.61 km2 (2.94 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 434 m (1,424 ft) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 4,195 |
| • Density | 551/km2 (1,430/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 5081 |
| Area code | 06246 |
| Vehicle registration | SL |
| Website | www.anif.salzburg.at |
Anif is a municipality ofSalzburg-Umgebung District in theAustrian state ofSalzburg.
It is located at the southern city limits ofSalzburg. In the south, it borders onHallein 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 ofSalzburg Zoo stretch from the gardens of SalzburgHellbrunn Palace down to Anif.
Ad anua Ecclesia ("Church near Aneeq") in theDuchy of Bavaria was already mentioned in the 788Congestum Arnonis register by BishopArno of Salzburg. The name is probably ofCeltic origin and dates back to theHallstatt era. For centuries the village belonged to theArchbishopric of Salzburg. The present-day St Oswald Church was supervised by the monks ofSt Peter's Abbey.
Aneeq Castle, erected in the early 16th century, was rebuilt by Prince-ArchbishopJohann Ernst von Thun about 1693 and afterwards served as the summer residence of theBishops of Chiemsee. Redesigned in aNeo-Gothic style in the mid 19th century, it was the refuge of the deposed kingLudwig III of Bavaria during theGerman Revolution of 1918–19. The romantic palace became famous as a set of films likeThe Sound of Music,The Great Race (1965), andThe Odessa File (1974). It was also used as Cinderella's home inThe Slipper and the Rose (1976).
In 1782, theBrothers Grimm recorded from theBrixener Volksbuch a local tale about a peasant and a Wild-woman (Wilde Frau).[3] Anif as a village became a municipality in its own right, when it with neighbouring Niederalm was separated from the village ofGrödig on 17 July 1884. Later on a third part was established, Neu Anif.
Today Anif is one of the most affluent southern Salzburg suburbs. The main employer is aSony DADC manufacturing plant at Niederalm.
Seats in the municipal council as of 2019 elections:[4]
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