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Christmas Carols and Their Stories

Puzzle 36 · The Story of Silent Night · Page 56 in print

Oberndorf

Fires and floods drove Oberndorf to rebuild farther up the Salzach from 1901. The old church of St. Nicholas, where the carol was first sung, was demolished, and the Silent Night Chapel now stands in its place.

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The words

  1. Bass

    The part Gruber sang at the first performance.

    Silent Night Association: History of the Song (opens a new tab)

  2. Boat Builders

    The shipping families who heard the first performance.

    Silent Night Association: History of the Song (opens a new tab)

  3. Border River

    The Salzach as the 1816 frontier between Laufen and Oberndorf.

    Silent Night Association: Laufen (opens a new tab)

  4. Choir

    The choir that joined the two soloists at the first performance.

    Silent Night Association: History of the Song (opens a new tab)

  5. Christmas Mass

    The service on 24 December 1818 at which the carol was first sung.

    Silent Night Association: History of the Song (opens a new tab)

  6. Floods

    The floods that forced Oberndorf to move upriver.

    Silent Night Association: Oberndorf (opens a new tab)

  7. Guitar

    The instrument that accompanied the first performance.

    Silent Night Association: History of the Song (opens a new tab)

  8. Josef Kessler

    The Oberndorf parish priest Mohr first assisted in 1817.

    Silent Night Association: Joseph Mohr (opens a new tab)

  9. Laufen

    The Bavarian town facing Oberndorf across the Salzach.

    Silent Night Association: Oberndorf (opens a new tab) · Silent Night Association: Laufen (opens a new tab)

  10. Muhlbacher

    Joseph Mühlbacher, designer of Oberndorf’s Gruber–Mohr memorial.

    Silent Night Association: Research Timetable (opens a new tab)

  11. Nostler

    Georg Heinrich Nöstler, Mohr’s parish priest at Oberndorf.

    Silent Night Association: Joseph Mohr (opens a new tab)

  12. Salt Shipping

    The river trade of Oberndorf’s boatmen, shown in its museum.

    Silent Night Association: Oberndorf (opens a new tab)

  13. Salzach

    The river on which Oberndorf stands.

    Silent Night Association: Oberndorf (opens a new tab) · Silent Night Association: Laufen (opens a new tab)

  14. Solo Voices

    The two solo voices Mohr asked Gruber to write for.

    Silent Night Association: History of the Song (opens a new tab)

  15. St Nikola

    The church of St Nicholas where the carol was first sung.

    Silent Night Association: Oberndorf (opens a new tab) · Stille Nacht Museum Oberndorf (opens a new tab)

Sources

  1. Stille Nacht - History of the SongSilent Night Association (Stille Nacht Gesellschaft), official site
  2. Stille Nacht - LaufenSilent Night Association (Stille Nacht Gesellschaft), official site
  3. Stille Nacht - OberndorfSilent Night Association (Stille Nacht Gesellschaft), official site
  4. Stille Nacht - Joseph MohrSilent Night Association (Stille Nacht Gesellschaft), official site
  5. Stille Nacht - Research TimetableSilent Night Association (Stille Nacht Gesellschaft), official site
  6. Stille Nacht Museum Oberndorf (Stadtgemeinde Oberndorf), official sitestille-nacht-museum.at

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