The Leopoldskron Castle and its lakefront in Salzburg were used as the setting for the von Trapp family home, where the playful, boat-riding children fell into the water. The real Maria was a novice at Salzburg's Nonnberg Abbey , which is the oldest convent in the German-speaking part of Europe. In 1927, she married The Baron there. Movie scenes shot there include the opening, which shows the nuns going to Catholic Mass and young Maria arriving late. The authentic von Trapp wedding church, the ornate Mondsee Cathedral near Salzburg in the lake district , was used for the scenes of the marriage of Maria to The Baron von Trapp .
Visitors can walk down the aisle, tracing the couple's nuptial steps.
Nearby is Hellbrunn Castle , a 17 th Century Royal hunting castle. Now, one of the members of the 1965 film's cast tells what it was really like to be a part of the phenomenon.