Antiquity to the High Middle Ages
Traces of human settlements have been found in the area, dating to the Neolithic Age. The first settlements in Salzburg continuous with the present were apparently by the

Salzburg has twenty-four urban districts and three extra-urban populations. Urban districts (Stadtteile):
• Aigen
• Altstadt
• Elisabeth-Vorstadt
• Gneis

Salzburg is a center of education and home to three universities, as well as several professional colleges and gymnasiums (high schools).
Universities and higher

Salzburg is on the banks of the River Salzach, at the northern boundary of the Alps. The mountains to Salzburg's south contrast with the rolling

Romanesque and Gothic
The Romanesque and Gothic churches, the monasteries and the early carcass houses dominated the medieval city for a long time. The Cathedral of Archbishop Conrad of Wittelsbach was the largest basilica north of the Alps.

Salzburg is a tourist favorite, with the number of visitors outnumbering locals by a large margin in peak times. In addition to Mozart's birthplace noted above, other notable places include:

• Saint Liutberga (died c. 870).
• The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born and raised in Salzburg when it was part of the Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg within the Holy