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Puzzle 33 · The Story of Silent Night · Page 53 in print

Joseph Mohr

As vicar of Wagrain, Joseph Mohr pressed for a new village school. Villagers began gathering materials in the winter of 1837-38, and the two-story building opened in November 1838.

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  1. Anna Schoiber

    Joseph Mohr’s mother, an unmarried embroiderer.

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  2. Golling

    One of Mohr’s parishes, 1820–1821.

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  3. Hiernle

    Johann Nepomuk Hiernle, the cathedral vicar who made Mohr’s education possible.

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  4. Hintersee

    The first parish Mohr ran on his own, 1827–1837.

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  5. Knitter

    The trade of Mohr’s mother, Anna Schoiber.

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  6. Kremsmunster

    The Benedictine monastery where Mohr studied from 1808 to 1810.

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  7. Kuchl

    Mohr’s posting after Oberndorf, 1819–1820.

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  8. Priesthood

    Mohr’s ordination to the priesthood on 21 August 1815.

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  9. Ramsau

    The village near Berchtesgaden where Mohr filled in briefly in 1815.

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  10. Salzburg

    The city where Joseph Mohr was born in 1792.

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  11. Seminary

    The Salzburg seminary Mohr entered in 1811.

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  12. Steingasse

    The Salzburg street where the 1794 census found the infant Mohr.

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  13. Tenor

    The part Mohr sang at the first performance in 1818.

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  14. Violinist

    Mohr as a boy singer and violinist in Salzburg church choirs.

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  15. Wagrain

    The parish where Mohr built a school and died in 1848.

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Sources

  1. Stille Nacht - Joseph MohrSilent Night Association (Stille Nacht Gesellschaft), official site
  2. Stille Nacht - Stadt SalzburgSilent Night Association (Stille Nacht Gesellschaft), official site
  3. Stille Nacht - HinterseeSilent Night Association (Stille Nacht Gesellschaft), official site
  4. Stille Nacht - Research TimetableSilent Night Association (Stille Nacht Gesellschaft), official site
  5. Stille Nacht - History of the SongSilent Night Association (Stille Nacht Gesellschaft), official site

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