The Sound of Music (film) Nazis, which would not have been possible; Salzburg is over two hundred miles from Switzerland. The von Trapp villa, however, was only a few kilometers from the Austria–Germany border, and the final scene shows the family hiking on the Obersalzberg near the German town of Berchtesgaden, within sight of Adolf Hitler's Kehlsteinhaus Eagle's Nest retreat. In reality, the family simply walked to the local train station and boarded a train to Italy. Although Georg was an ethnic German-Austrian, he was also an Italian citizen, having been born in the Dalmatian city of Zadar, which at that time was part of
Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden and is used annually by about 330,000 visitors. The track length of the visitor mine is about 1400 meters and vehicles used for passenger transport are from 1995. The track is powered by a direct current of 400 volts supplied via a lateral current rail. "Article contains translated text from on the German Wikipedia retrieved on 25 February 2017." Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden is the oldest active salt mine in Germany, in which salt is mainly extracted in the wet, and also a showcase in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria. The salt mining industry in Berchtesgaden formed before the 13th century and was