TheRupertiwinkel is a small historic region on the southeastern border ofBavaria,Germany. Part of theArchbishopric of Salzburg until the early 19th century, it is named after the first Salzburg bishopSaint Rupert (c.660–710),apostle to theDuchy of Bavaria.
The area is located in theAlpine Foreland ofUpper Bavaria, about 20 km (12 mi) north ofSalzburg in the German -Austrian border region.[1] Centered on the town ofLaufen andWaginger See, it stretches between the left shore of theSalzach River in the east and the BavarianChiemgau cultural landscape in the west.
The northern Rupertiwinkel up to Mt.Rampelsberg and theAlz River atTrostberg is administrated within theTraunstein District, the northernmost municipality ofTyrlaching within the district ofAltötting. The southern half down to theHochstaufen andTeisenberg peaks of theChiemgau Alps and theSaalach River is part ofBerchtesgadener Land.
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Since the early Middle Ages, the area was part of theSalzburggau within the Bavarianstem duchy. Already about 700 DukeTheodo of Bavaria granted the village of Piding to Bishop Rupert. Due to the fertile soils west of the Salzach River, the archbishops in the following centuries aspired to enlarge their possessions. In 1125 theHöglwörth Abbey was founded, aCanons Regular monastery nearAnger. In the course of the elevation of Salzburg to aPrince-archbishopric, the episcopal territory was acknowledged by DukeLouis II of Bavaria in 1275.
From the early 14th century, the Rupertiwinkel formed the western part of the SalzburgFlachgau region. The archbishops madePalace Staufeneck an episcopal residence; in the north, Tittmoning Castle was rebuilt as a border fortress. When the prince-archbishopric wassecularised in 1803, the last Prince-ArchbishopCount Hieronymus von Colloredo was replaced byFerdinand III of Habsburg-Lorraine, former Grand Duke ofTuscany, who went on to rule asElector of Salzburg until 1806. With Salzburg, the territory passed to theAustrian Empire thereafter. In the wake of theVienna Congress, Austria andBavaria finally agreed in 1816 to make the course of the Salzach the border between their lands.
Though the population of the Rupertiwinkel stresses its social and cultural distinctiveness (especially infolk music andTracht costumes), the region became a constituent part of the Bavarian state. When after World War II theSalzburg state administration demanded an affiliation with Austria, the claims were strongly rejected.
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