Nonnberg Monastery

Founded by St. Rupert, the Benedictine convent of the Roman Catholic Church, Nonnberg is considered the oldest in the German-speaking part of Europe, its existence has been known since 714. The first abbess, was the niece or sister (from various sources) of St. Rupert, St. Erentrude, her relics have been in the monastery since 1318.

In the Middle Ages, this monastery belonged to the area of Nontal, many settlements in the southern part of Salzburg. Over the centuries, especially after a fire in 1006, the monastery complex was rebuilt many times in Romanesque and Gothic styles. A well-preserved church with a tower and three side chapels, a gate, massive walls, an altar under the choir, painted with frescoes in 1140. They depict the faces of saints, as well as popes and archbishops. The dome with the high spire of the Romanesque tower was added in 1711.

During the First World War, Maria Augusta Kucera lived in the Nonnberg Monastery, after the marriage of von Trapp. As a novice, she wrote a book that served as the basis for the famous film The Sound of Music.

Currently, in the monastery vaults are manuscripts, Gothic figures, ivory staff (1242), folding chair (1100) abbess made of walrus bone, decorated with relief figures. In 2006, the first coin in the series "Great Abbeys of Austria" with the image of the monastery of Nonnberg was minted.