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JACOB JR, MY JEWISH WORLD. THE HOHENSALZBURG FORTRESS. SALZBURG/AUSTRIA
Friday, Tishrei 26, 5776. October 9, 2015. Shalom! World. The Hohensalzburg Fortress, Salzburg/Austria. The Hohensalzburg Fortress, built in 1077 by Archbishop Gebhard, considerably enlarged by Archbishop Leonhard von Keutschach (1495-1519), largest, fully-preserved fortress in central Europe. The medieval princes' apartaments and the Fortress Museum are of particular interest. Since 1892 the fortress can easily be reached by funicular railway departing from the Festungasse. The more than 900-year-old citaded dates back to the investiture controversy between emperor and pope over the right to appoint the bishop. As a faithful servant of the pope, Archbishop Gebhart von Salzburg had the strongholds of Hohensalzburg, Hohenwerfen and Friesach built on his sovereign territory in 1077. Expansion of Gebhart's fortifications were temporarilly completed under the Archbishop of Salzburg, Konrad I (1106-1147). During the 15th and 16th c