| Salzburg museums: Silent Night! Holy Night!
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The birthplace, up to now a storage room, is dedicated to
Joseph Mohr, who
wrote the song in Mariapfarr in 1816. He is no longer mentioned in most church song books in the world.
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| History revealed: Joseph Mohr created 'Silent Night! Holy Night!' 1816
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The creator of 'Silent Night! Holy Night' was born on December 11. 1792 in Salzburg, in the Steingasse. The young priest wrote the carol in 1816 in Mariapfarr.
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| Joseph Mohr: childhood in Salzburg
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JOSEPH MOHR was born on the 11 December, 1792 in the Steingasse in Salzburg. He grew up in a small damp room with his mother Anna Schoiber.
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| Mariapfarr: the young priest Josph Mohr created the carrol Silent Night
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Joseph Mohr was ordained in 1815 and sent to his first parish in Maria-pfarr. This was the village of his father and here he met his grandfather for the first time.
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| Oberndorf: first performance of 'Silent Night! Holy Night!'
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On Christmas Eve 1818 Joseph was able to perform "Silent Night, Holy Night" publicly for the first time, with Franz Xaver Gruber in the St.Nikolas Church in Oberndorf.
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| Jospeh Mohr: face reconstructed
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The face of Josheph Mohr, the creator of the world famouse christmas carrol 'Silent Night! Holy night!' reconstructed.
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| Joseph Mohr's old years in Hallein, Anthering, Hof, Hintersee, Wagrain
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Joseph Mohr died in Wagrain on December 4. 1848, he left this world as poor as he had entered it. But left us the world famous christmas carol 'Silent Night! Holy Night!'
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| Sounds, CDs, tapes about 'Silent Night! Holy Night!'
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Mickey Rooney,
Hanno Schilf, Mariapfarrer church choir, Oberndorfer Liedertafel (singers), Wiener Sängerknaben (Vienna Boys Choir) and Lionel Richie. Lyrics with verses 4 and 5!
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| Movies and films about 'silent night! Holy night'
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From the first 'Silent night' movie from the year 1933 up to the
last recent documentation about the creation of the carol.
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| Events around the silent night museum
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To the 150 anniversary of Joseph Mohr's death: Commemoration ceremony at the grave, 'Wetten Das' German TV show, silent night tour and showing of the 1933 film.
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