where does the sound of music take place

The main story of The Sound of Music takes place in and around Salzburg, Austria , in the late 1930s.

Core setting

• The musical is explicitly set in Austria just before and during the 1938 annexation (Anschluss) by Nazi Germany.

• Key in‑story locations include Nonnberg Abbey, the von Trapp family villa, and the nearby Austrian Alps, all situated around Salzburg.

Film vs. story locations

• The story itself is set in Austria, centered on Salzburg and the surrounding Alpine countryside.

• The film used real sites around Salzburg (such as Mirabell Gardens, Hellbrunn and Mondsee) plus some studio work done in Hollywood, but all still represent the Austrian setting in the narrative.

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