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
Fortified Sector of the Vosges is open to the public under the guidance of the SILE "(Syndicat d'Initiative de Lembach et Environs)" association. Lembach is privately owned and reported to be in poor condition. Grand-Hohékirkel is on military land and is not accessible to the public. The casemates of Dambach Nord and Dambach Sud are open for visitation, along with a trail system through the Schwartzbach valley. Fortified Sector of the Vosges The Fortified Sector of the Vosges ("Secteur Fortifiée des Vosges") was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the Maginot Line at the northern end of the Vosges Mountains