Nonnberg Abbey is a women's Benedictine monastery, located in Salzburg, Austria. Abbey had a great influence on the formation of Salzburg.

The monastery of Nonnberg was founded in 714, Rupert Holy, whose sister became its first abbess. The monastery is the oldest women's religious house in the German-speaking world. The Abbey was funded by Theodebert, Duke of Bavaria, and the Emperor Henry II, who was also Duke of Bavaria.

The Abbey was rebuilt several times, and in 1423 it was almost completely destroyed by a terrible fire. The reconstruction was carried out between 1464 and 1509 for years. In 1624 the Church was expanded by constructing three lateral chapels. In 1880, the monastery was rebuilt in the Baroque style.

To 1451 in the monastery could only get women from noble families, and later the permission was extended for the middle class.

The chapel of St. John is open to the public only with the permission of the monastery. This chapel with its magnificent arched ceiling was built from 1448 to 1451. The altar in the chapel of DOS they have not managed to date. There is an assumption that it was created in 1498.

The monastery houses a significant collection of medieval manuscripts, Gothic figures and pictures (mostly late Gothic). Special attention deserves the "Valmistajan" - a folding chair for the abbess with 1100 figural reliefs, which was established in 1242.

Thanks to one of the nuns of the monastery of Mary August Kucera, who later married captain von Trapp, the monastery gained international fame. The fact that the book of Mary was filmed the famous movie "the Sound of music".