| Georg Trakl Poem Plaques |
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Since 1985 plaques with Trakl-poems have been installed across the city of Salzburg. They are situated on different places that have been important in his personal live and that are mentioned in his poems.
Birthplace Waagplatz 1a: In the courtyard is a calligraphic designed bronze plaque with the poem ‘Die schöne Stadt’ (The beautiful city). In it, Trakl has processed the impressions he got from the window of his flat at Mozartplatz.
St.-Peters-Cemetery This place has influenced Trakl in a very special way. You will realize this when reading through the poem ‘Sebastian im Traum’. Furthermore the prose poetry ‘Traum und Umnachtung’ and the poem ‘St. Peters Friedhof’ show his special relationship to this site. The last poem mentioned can be found on the plaque situated on the hillside entrance.
Mönchsberg Trakl frequently was taking a walk over this centrally located town hill. He used it as an opportunity to escape the pressures from his family and the school. The poem ‘Am Mönchsberg’ placed above the St. Peter’s Abbey impressively reflects his passion.
Evangelische Christuskirche, Schwarzstraße 25 (Salzachkai): This is the place where Georg Trakl and his siblings were baptized. As a part of his general education he also had his religious classes twice a week in the rectory. You can find the poem ‘Ein Winterabend’ (A winter evening) with its religious motives next to the church’s northern entrance.
Railway Bridge The plaque of the poem 'Vorstadt im Föhn' is placed on a pillar of the railway bridge that is situated close to the former urban slaughterhouse Trakl has used as a motive for this piece. Since he liked it to walk along the river Salzach, the northernmost pedestrian bridge of the city was named after him. (‘Trakl-Steg’)
Mirabell Gardens The plaque with the poem ‘Musik im Mirabell’ is fixed on the eastern garden wall (directly next to the Barock Museum). Since his sister Hermina was living in the Mirabell Palace for several years, the garden was well known to Trakl.
Engel Apotheke Linzergasse 5: After having completed the 7th grade level of the secondary school, Trakl was starting an internship in the drugstore ‘Zum weißen Engel’ for the period of three years (1905-1908). After having graduated from University of Vienna with a degree in pharmacy, he returned to the local drugstore for another two months. The poem ‘Im Dunkel’ reflects this period in his life.
Park of the Hellbrunn Palace Trakl has adopted the special atmosphere of this site in some of his texts. The poem “Die drei Teiche in Hellbrunn” directly refers to it and can be found on the octagon.
Anif In the poem ‘Anif’ Trakl directly refers to the amazing scenery of this area. Anif is located near Hellbrunn on the south outskirts of Salzburg. The plaque is fixed at the pavilion next to the entrance of the municipal library.
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