!!!Leonhard von Keutschach

b. Viktring (?; municipality of Klagenfurt, Carinthia), around 1442, 
d. Salzburg, June 8, 1519, ecclesiastical dignitary. Canon and provost 
of Eberndorf Abbey in Jauntal, 1490 provost, 1495 Archbishop of 
Salzburg. Secularized the chapter, dedicated his work to the economic 
improvement of the archdiocese; gold and silver mining industry 
thrived under him in the villages of Gastein and Rauris, and the salt 
industry prospered. Policy of ruthless nepotism; in 1498 exiled the 
Jews and had all synagogues in Salzburg and Hallein destroyed. 1511 
broke the civilian resistance movement but lost influence in the 
Habsburg lands. Had  Hohensalzburg Castle enlarged, had a barrel-organ 
built (Salzburger Stier) and renovated the ancient Roman road across 
the Radstaedter Tauern in the Alps.

!Literature
H. Dopsch, Geschichte Salzburgs, vol. I/1, %%sup 2/%1983; 
NDB.



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