Following Mozart


ALPINE ROUTE
In Austria, Germany and Switzerland, experience cities full of culture and history and impressive landscapes

 
MOZART'S STAYS
IN AUSTRIA - FRANCE - GERMANY - SWITZERLAND

Austria

W.A. Mozart was born in Salzburg on January 27, 1756 and died in Vienna on December 5, 1791. Both cities were points of departure and the final destination of his travels through Europe. Mozart visited 29 other cities traveling through Austria and on his way to Italy.

MOZART  CITIES:
Baden bei Wien - Ebelsberg - Eferding - Haag a. Hausruck - Hall i. Tirol - Innsbruck -Kemmelbach - Klosterneuburg - Kundl - Lambach - Laxenburg - Linz - Lofer - Mauthausen - Melk - Poysdorf - Purkersdorf - Salzburg - Schwaz i. Tirol - Schwechat - Stein an der Donau - Steinach a. Brenner - St. Gilgen - St. Johann i. Tirol - St. Pölten - Strengberg - Vöcklabruck - Waidring - Wien - Wörgl - Ybbs

France


Two trips took W.A. Mozart to France, where he met King Louis XV and Louis XVI. Mozart visited Paris as a child and again as a young man. His mother died on July 3, 1778 during his second trip to Paris. W.A. Mozart visited a total of 18 cities on his journey to and from Paris. His very first compositions (K.6,7 and K. 8,9) were printed in Paris.

MOZART CITIES:
Bergues - Bonavis - Calais - Cambrai - Clermont-en-Argonne - Dijon - Dunkerque - Gournay-sur-Aronde - Lìlle - Lyon - Metz - Nancy - Paris - Saint-Germain-en Laye - Strassbourg - Vallenciennes - Versailles

Germany

W.A. Mozart traveled to Germany five times, three trips were to Munich, one to Berlin and one to Frankfurt on the Main. Traces of W.A. Mozart were left in seventy-three towns on his extensive trip across Western Europe to Paris and London and on another trip to Paris. He visited Augsburg, his father Leopold's home town, five times. Mozart also visited Mannheim, where he met the members of the court orchestra, four times. Three journeys took him to Schwetzingen and Mainz.

MOZART CITIES AND REGIONS:
Aachen - Aalen - Altötting in Oberbayern - Aschaffenburg am Main - Augsburg - Baden Württemberg - Berlin - Biberbach - Biebrich - Bingen - Bruchsal - Brühl - Bonn - Stuttgart - Cannstatt - Crailsheim - Dinkelsbühl - Donaueschingen - Donauwörth -Dresden - Ehrenthal am Rhein - Ellwangen - Frankfurt am Main - Frabertsham - Geislingen - Göppingen - Günzburg - Heidelberg - Hohenaltheim - Ingolstadt - Kaisheim - Kaitl (Bad Reichenhall) - Knittlingen - Kirchheimbolanden - Koblenz - Köln - Kostheim am Main - Laufen in Oberbayern - Leipzig - Ludwigsburg - Mainz - Mannheim - Meißen - Meßkirch - München - Neuburg an der Donau - Niederwalluf am Rhein - Nördlingen - Nürnberg - Oestrich - Offenbach - Oppenheim am Rhein - Passau - Plochingen - Potsdam - Regensburg - Rheinland Pfalz - Salzig am Rhein - Schign - Schorndorf - Schwäbisch Gmünd - Schwäbisch Hall - Schwetzingen - St. Goar - Vaihingen an der Enz - Waghäusel - Waging am See - Wasserburg am Inn - Westerstetten - Wiesbaden - Worms - Würzburg - Wurzen

Switzerland

Switzerland, a cantonal state, was a transit country for W.A. Mozart after Germany and Salzburg. Traces of Mozart can be found at seven stops on his trip back from Paris in the fall of 1766.

MOZART CITIES:
Baaden im Aargau - Genf - Lausanne - Schaffhausen - Winterthur - Zürich

RECCOMENDATION In Mozart's footsteps along the Alps

1st / 2nd day
Salzburg
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2nd day
Bad Reichhall (Kaitl)
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3rd / 4th day
Munich
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5th / 6th day

Augsburg
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6th day
Neuburg/Donau
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7th / 8th day
Strasbourg
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9th day
Zurich
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This route connects Salzburg  where he was born with Augsburg, the hometown of his father Leopold and Munich, the place where Mozart's "Idomeneo" had been performed for the first time in the famous Cuvilliés-Theatre, visiting on the way Bad Reichenhall and Innsbruck. Near the alps Neuburg an der Donau and the region Donau Ries, old Swabian country site, lead to Strasbourg, where Wolfgang stayed for one month after the tragic death of his mother. From there Zurich (K. 33b) and Lausanne two of the Swiss destinations are worth to be visited following Mozart's footsteps.
 


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