Editing Salzburg (section)

===Modern era===

====Religious conflict====
{{main|Salzburg Protestants}}

On 31 October 1731, the 214th anniversary of [[The Ninety-Five Theses|the 95 Theses]], [[Archbishopric of Salzburg|Archbishop]] Count [[Leopold Anton von Firmian]] signed an Edict of Expulsion, the ''Emigrationspatent'', directing all [[Protestantism|Protestant]] citizens to recant their non-Catholic beliefs. 21,475 citizens refused to recant their beliefs and were expelled from Salzburg. Most of them accepted an offer by King [[Frederick William I of Prussia|Friedrich Wilhelm I]] of [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]], travelling the length and breadth of Germany to their new homes in East Prussia.<ref name="Perry">Frank L. Perry Jr., [http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?action=read&artid=561 Catholics Cleanse Salzburg of Protestants] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083449/http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?action=read&artid=561 |date=4 March 2016 }}, The Georgia Salzburger Society.</ref> The rest settled in other Protestant states in Europe and the British colonies in America.

====Illuminism====
In 1772–1803, under archbishop [[Hieronymus von Colloredo|Hieronymus Graf von Colloredo]], Salzburg was a center of late [[Age of Enlightenment|Illuminism]]. Colloredo is known for being one of the main employers of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]. Colloredo often had arguments with Mozart and he dismissed him by saying, {{lang|de|Soll er doch gehen, ich brauche ihn nicht!}} (He should go; I don't need him!). Mozart left Salzburg for Vienna in 1781 with his family, although his father [[Leopold Mozart|Leopold]] stayed behind, as he had a close relationship with Colloredo.