Salzburg′s Prince Archbishops
In a way, Salzburg is Austria′s youngest province - surely the Burgenland joined the republic much later, but all the counties that constitute Austria today have been under Habsburg rule for a very long time before.
Salzburg is an exception: It was an independent principality ruled by rich and powerful Prince Archbishops - of whom some had privileges beating those of a cardinal. To supplement the list of Austrian monarchs and the presidents and chancellors, the following list of the Bishops of Salzburg will provide you with a "red line" through the history of Austria′s finest county.
Being very Salzburgian myself, I would certainly prefer to re-install a Prince again and end nearly 200 years of occupation by evil Austrians...
Bishops of Salzburg & the Years of their Reign
Rupert (sometimes called Robertiner) 696-716/18
Vitalis ?-730
Flobrigis/Flobargisus ?
Johann I. 739-745
Virgilius 745-784
Arno 785-821
Adalram 821-836
Liupramm 836-859
Adalwin 859-873
Adalbert I. 873
Theotmar/Dietmar I. 873-907
Pilgrim I. 907-923
Adalbert II. 923-935
Egilolf 935-939
Herold 939-958
Friedrich I. 958-991
Hartwik 991-1023
Gunthar 1023-1025
Thietmar/Dietmar II. 1025-1041
Balduin 1041-1060
Gebhard von Helfenstein 1060-1088
Berthold von Moosburg (Counter-Archbishop) 1085-1106
Thiemo von Medling 1090-1098
Konrad I. von Abensberg 1106-1147
Eberhard I. von Biburg 1147-1164
Konrad II. von Babenberg 1164-1168
Adalbert III. von Böhmen 1168-1177
Konrad III. von Wittelsbach 1177-1183
Adalbert III. von Böhmen (the second time) 1183-1200
Prince Archbishops of Salzburg
Eberhard II. von Regensburg 1200-1246
Burkhard I. von Ziegenhain 1247
Philipp von Spanheim 1247-1257
Ulrich von Seckau 1257-1265
Wladislaw von Schlesien-Liegnitz 1265-1270
Friedrich II. von Walchen 1270-1284
Rudolph I. von Hohenegg 1284-1290
Konrad IV. von Fohnsdorf-Praitenfurt 1291-1312
Weichart von Polheim 1312-1315
Friedrich III. von Leibnitz 1315-1338
Heinrich von Pirnbrunn 1338-1343
Ortolf von Weißeneck 1343-1365
Pilgrim II. von Puchheim 1365-1396
Gregorius Schenk von Osterwitz 1396-1403
Berthold von Wehingen 1404-1406
Eberhard III. von Neuhaus 1406-1427
Eberhard IV. von Starhemberg 1427-1429
Johann II. von Reisberg 1429-1441
Friedrich IV. Truchsess von Emmerberg 1441-1452
Sigismundus I. von Volkersdorf 1452-1461
Burkhard II. von Weißpriach 1461-1466
Bernhard von Rohr 1466-1481
Johann III. Beckenschlager 1481-1489
Friedrich V. von Schaunberg 1489-1494
Sigismundus II. von Hollenegg 1494-1495
Leonhard von Keutschach 1495-1519
Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg 1519-1540
Herzog Ernst von Bayern 1540-1554
Michael von Kuenburg 1554-1560
Johann Jacob von Kuen-Belasy 1560-1586
Georg von Kuenburg 1586-1587
Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau 1587-1612
Marcus Sittikus Graf von Hohenems 1612-1619
Paris Graf von Lodron 1619-1653
Guidobald Graf von Thun 1654-1668
Maximilian Gandolf von Kuenburg 1668-1687
Johann Ernst Graf von Thun 1687-1709
Franz Anton Graf von Harrach 1709-1727
Leopold Anton Eleutherius Freiherr von Firmian 1727-1744
Jakob Ernest Graf von Liechtenstein 1745-1747
Andreas Jakob Graf von Dietrichstein 1747-1753
Sigismundus III. Christoph Graf von Schrattenbach 1753-1771
Hieronymus Franz Josef von Colloredo-Mannsfeld 1772-1812
Sigmund Christoph Graf von Zeil und Trauchburg 1812-1814
Salzburg′s Archbishops after the Secularisation
Leopold Maximilian Graf von Firmian 1818-1822
Augustin Johann Joseph Gruber 1823-1835
Friedrich Johannes Jacob Cölestin von Schwarzenberg 1835-1850
Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy 1850-1876
Franz Albert Eder 1876-1890
Johannes Haller 1890-1900
Kardinal Johannes Baptist Katschthaler 1900-1914
Balthasar Kaltner 1914-1918
Ignatius Rieder 1918-1934
Sigismund Waitz 1934-1941
Andreas Rohracher 1943-1969
Eduard Macheiner 1969-1972
Dr. Karl Berg 1973-1988
Dr. Georg Eder 1989-2002
Dr. Alois Kothgasser SDB since 2003, current Archbishop.
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Further Reading
Rulers of Austria: List of Monarchs
Rulers of Austria: List of Presidents and Chancellors
