Celebrations for Emperor Franz Joseph I's Birthday in Meran
In Meran, the birthday of Emperor Franz Joseph I is observed with a solemn high mass attended by authorities and the local population. The ceremonies are accompanied by salvos fired by the town guard and mortars on the Küchelberg.
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Meran, 18 Aug. The august birthday of His Majesty our Most Gracious Emperor Franz Joseph I was celebrated here with a solemn high mass and the Ambrosian hymn in the presence of all the imperial-royal authorities, the town magistrate, and a numerous crowd of people from all classes, who united their prayers for the long preservation of the so precious life of our Most Gracious Monarch.
The civic guard drawn up on the parish square fired the customary salvos, mingled with the thunder of the mortars stationed on the Küchelberg.
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"Celebrations for Emperor Franz Joseph I's Birthday in Meran." Der Bote für Tirol, 20 August 1852. https://digital.tessmann.it/tessmannDigital/Zeitungsarchiv/Seite/Zeitung/47/1/20.08.1852/153777/1. https://www.meran-archive.com/en/artikel/1852-08-20-feierlichkeiten-zum-geburtstag-kaiser-franz-josephs-i-in-meran