Salzburg

**Salzburg** (= salt castle) is located on the northern edge of the Alps on the river Salzach (= salt river) in Austria. Even the Romans maintained salt mines here to extract salt. In the 14th century, the town and its surroundings formed an independent prince bishopric in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. The citizens of Salzburg are ambitious and sometimes stubborn as far as their place in the holy world order is concerned. So they are often opposed to their sovereign, the archbishop. In the end, they even converted to Protestantism, which was the last straw ... but that's another story.

"Salzburg" is a small scenario map. It has only two city districts and one village.

## Geography

The city is located in the valley of the river Salzach, which cuts the landscape into two pieces. Half of the city is north, the other half south of the river.

The whole city is nicely walled off, but only where necessary. The builders of the wall cleverly used natural cliffs for protection as well. The "Monastery on the Imberg" is situated on a steep cliff and has its own wall.

Both parts of the city are connected by an impressive bridge, the only one on the map. The south side has a single village as well.

## City Districts

### Left Old Town

The Left Old Town (orange) is the main district of the city. It is south of the river Salzach and has the more important buildings:

First of all, there's the "Cathedral of St. Rupert and St. Virgil", with a market place, a well, and a cemetery in its vincinity. This district also houses the arsenal, the city hall, and the port.

The castle "Hohensalzburg Fortress" with the execution site and a brushwood are located to the south, but technically belong to the surroundings.

### Right Old Town

The Right Old Town (yellow) to the north is connected by an impressive bridge over the river Salzach to the southern part of the city. It has a well and a market place in the center. Overlooking this part of the city, the "Monastery on the Imberg" is situated on a steep cliff.

The school, the cemetery, the mine, and the quarry there, do technically belong to the surroundings.

## Villages

### Nonntal

Nonntal (=valley of the nuns) (cyan) is the only village on the map, south-east of the Left Old Town. It has a rather small church, called "St. Stephen", with a market place and a well close by.

## Other Places

### Salzach

The river Salzach (=salt river) cuts the landscape in two. Only a single bridge connects the two parts. The river offers access to the long distance trade route to Passau (north).

### Surrounding Region

Scattered around the Surrounding Region (grey), many small locations can be found: three groves, three brushwoods, two cemeteries, a quarry, a mine, a lumberyard, and two fishing spots.

The school near the Right Old Town, and the castle "Hohensalzburg Fortress" with its execution site near the Left Old Town, technically belong also to this region.

It also offers access to the long distance trade routes to Linz (north) and Munich (south).

## Trade Routes

The map offers three long distance trade routes to be opened:

* North: to Passau (= Castra Batava = castle of the Batavi, a germanic tribe) via the river Salzach
* North: to Linz (= Lentos = bendable, curved) via road
* South: to Munich (= near the monks) via road

## Additional information

* Find out more about Salzburg on Wikipedia.

Salzburg was last edited for version 1.0.4.

Salzburg was last edited for version 1.0.4.