Stift Nonnberg

This guide to Stift Nonnberg in Salzburg follows a young novice named Maria who entered the convent in the mid-1920s, and the strict Benedictine routine of silence and plain meals meant to curb her strong will. Partway through her training, a widowed naval captain named Georg von Trapp arrives at the gate asking the Reverend Mother for a tutor to teach his ailing daughter for ten months. The guide also traces the Romanesque tower above you, standing watch over this oldest convent in the German-speaking world since the ninth century.