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Nonnberg Abbey
The oldest convent in the German-speaking world still in use, founded around 714, where Maria von Trapp was a novice.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 30 minutes
- Address
- Nonnberggasse 2, 5020 SalzburgDirections
- Getting There
- A 10-minute walk up from the Old Town, or along the path from the fortress.
Why Go
St. Rupert founded the Benedictine convent around 714, and nuns have lived here ever since. Its late Gothic church is open to visitors; the convent is not.
Maria Kutschera was a novice here before she married Georg von Trapp in its church in 1927, the story told in The Sound of Music.
Nearby in Salzburg
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