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The oldest
It is the oldest continuously existing nunnery in the German-speaking world
Nonnberg Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Salzburg, founded about 712 to 715 by Saint Rupert of Salzburg. It is the oldest continuously existing nunnery in the German-speaking world.
The abbess
Its first abbess, Saint Erentrudis, is called the Mother of Salzburg
Its first abbess was Saint Erentrudis of Salzburg, who was either a niece or a sister of Bishop Rupert. Since 1624 she has held the title of Mother of Salzburg, and her tomb is in the crypt of the church.
The church
Fires about 1006 and in 1423 led to two rebuildings of the church
After a blaze about 1006, the abbey church was rebuilt with the support of Henry II, who attended the consecration in 1009 with Cunigunde of Luxembourg. A fire in 1423 largely destroyed the Romanesque building, and reconstruction ran from 1464 to 1509.
Nobility
The nuns had to be of noble birth until 1848
The nuns were all of noble birth and held extended estates up the Salzach river in the south of the city. The obligation of nobility, a prerequisite for admission, had existed since the Middle Ages and was abolished in 1848.
Maria
Maria von Trapp became a postulant here in 1924
The story of Maria von Trapp began at Nonnberg, where she became a postulant in 1924. Her life was the basis for the 1959 Broadway musical and the 1965 film The Sound of Music. Some scenes from the film were shot at the abbey.
Day 2, midday
It comes after Hohensalzburg Fortress. Then St. Peter's Cemetery.
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