Nonnberg

Nonnberg Mountain, foothills of the Mönchsberg mountain in the city of Salzburg. St. Rupert founded a Benedictine convent (the oldest nunnery in central Europe still in existence) between 712 and 715. The convent was constantly altered between the 13^th and the 19^th century; the convent church was finished in 1099, the portal and the paradise with important Romanesque frescoes (1140/50) underneath the nuns´ choir have been preserved. After a fire (1423), the church was renovated in late Gothic style between 1464 and 1507. Nonnberg side altar with pietà (1415/20), relief and Gothic panel paintings at the southern side altar (around 1515); large holdings in the museum, archives and library holdings (folding-chair from the 12^th century, mediaeval sculptures, many mediaeval manuscripts).

Literature: R. v. Reichlin-Meldegg, Stift Nonnberg zu Salzburg im Wandel der Zeiten, 1953; H. Dopsch, Nonnberg, in: Geschichte Salzbg., vol. I/2, 1983.