Silent Night Chapel Vlog - Christmas In Oberndorf

Welcome to this, Silent Night Chapel Vlog.

Over the last few weeks, we have been on the search for, 'our' Christmas, and this week's vlog takes is on a detour from Salzburg, Austria, and to the beautiful and very Christmassy town of Oberndorf, just outside of Salzburg, Austria.

The Silent Night Chapel is a memorial chapel built on the site of the location where the world's favourite Christmas Carol, Silent Night was first performed on Christmas Eve, 1818.

In 1816, young priest, Joseph Mohr, wrote a 6 verse poem, to try and raise good feeling and hope during a time of great hardship.

Joseph Mohr was transferred to the church of St Nicholas, in the Austrian town of Oberndorf and had to have a Christmas Carol to perform on the Christmas Eve mass in 1818.

Joseph called upon his friend and music teacher, Franz Xaver Gruber who composed a melody and music to go with the poem, and the both of them performed Silent Night, or, Stille Nacht, as it is in German, with an acoustic guitar to accompany them, as the church organ had been damaged by mice.

During the 1890's, St Nicholas' Church became so damaged, not helped by regular flooding from the Salzach River and was replaced by a new church in 1906. In 1913, St Nicholas was demolished and only a few stones from the demolished church still stand there today.

In 1937, this memorial chapel, The Silent Night Memorial Chapel was completed and stands on the exact site where this special carol was first performed.


In this vlog, we show you everything you need to know if visiting the chapel yourself. We show how to get there, what facilities they have, where to eat and much more. We also tell the history and the story of this special building.

This is the final full vlog in our series of Searching For Christmas. A search which has taken us from North Wales to London, from Munich to Salzburg. It would be great if you would check out some of these videos, or any other of our vlogs.

This experience certainly did make us feel like we had found Christmas, and we would like to wish a very Happy Christmas or Festive Season, however you chose to celebrate (or not) these times.

Huge thank you for all of the support and here's to a great 2023 x

Just a quick note, that this week, we will also be posting 2 more virtual walking tour videos, one of the main Christmas Market in Salzburg and one of a walk around this Silent Night Chapel.


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