Salzburg is and always has been a cultural capital of Europe. And not only because of Mozart and Doppler - in all fields of art and culture this city has made a name for itself since the Romans. The encyclopedia has set out to make accessible in lexical form the almost unmanageable wealth of information about the culture of the city of Salzburg and the surrounding countryside, its history and impact. To this end, the cooperation of numerous scholars has been enlisted, who summarize in comprehensible form and with rich illustrations in this new edition of the renowned work, what constitutes the charm and richness of this city and its surroundings.