Nikolauskirche, Oberndorf
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The Nikolauskirche was a Catholic parish church in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, dedicated to Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of boatmen. The Christmas carol "Stille Nacht" was first performed in
The parish church on a historic photograph
The Nikolauskirche on a stained-glass window of the Silent Night Chapel
Silent Night
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"Silent Night" is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNES
Autograph (c. 1860) of the carol by Franz Gruber
Franz Xaver Gruber, painted by Sebastian Stief (1846)
Silent-Night-Chapel in Oberndorf on the site where the song was first performed.