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From Salzburg to Julia's meadow

I'll take the train from Munich to city center to explore on my own. I am wondering how I can get to Julia's meadow? I can't walk it because it's 19 kilometers and I don't have the time to waste on such walk. It's in the area called Marktschellenberg

Posted by
32171 posts

neruda,

I haven't a clue what "Julia's meadow" is. Could you elaborate?

Posted by
10 posts

It's the meadow they used to film opening scene of The Sound of Music. Yes, it's on private property.

Posted by
613 posts

Being private property may or may not be a problem. Some European nations require public access to private properties.

Posted by
8889 posts

Joe's link doesn't mention "Julia" or "meadow". I searched the page for both words.

Out of curiosity I did a Search.
Found this: http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/s/Sound-Of-Music.php
"The mountain, atop which Maria (Julie Andrews) makes her first twirling appearance, is Mehlweg, near the Bavarian village of Markt Schellenberg, about six miles from Salzburg."

And this: https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/journey-meadow-filmed-opening-scene-sound-music/story?id=29698288
"The actual hill used in the movie is in Germany, not Austria, . . . . Today, it is owned by a famous mountain climber, who is reluctant to let outsiders onto their property,"

The place is actually called Marktschellenberg (one word), and Mehlweg is a street, not a meadow. It is south of Salzburg, but on the German side of the border.

So I am not sure where you get your 19 Km from Munich from.

Posted by
1875 posts

So I am not sure where you get your 19 Km from Munich from.

It was meant 19 km from Salzburg.

Posted by
8889 posts

Double culture shock: Just because it is a different country with a border in between doesn't stop public transport.

Posted by
7010 posts

If, as Chris quoted, it's about 6 miles from Salzburg, so it would be about 10 km. Maybe the OP meant to type a 0 and typed a 9 instead. Still too far to walk for most of us. Personally I'm not sure I'd go out of my way to see that meadow - if indeed you can actually see it if it's private property - and I'm a big SOM fan. To get the effect of the movie opening you'd have to see it from a helicopter in order to see the scope of it. And really, while the mountains are still there does the meadow even look the same as it did 55 years ago?

Posted by
1875 posts

Still too far to walk for most of us.

@Nancy:
How on earth can you assume that one has to walk long distances here just because having not a car available?
This can definitely be true in the US where public transport is on a level of a less developed country.

Posted by
10 posts

I am on a mission to get to this meadow, private or not.
Yes, I meant 19k from downtown Salzburg. I used Google maps to figure out distance.
As for buses, thank you much, I'll definitely take the bus and beg to be let in to walk property; )

Posted by
1875 posts

that the OP said it was 19km, when in reality it is closer to 10km.

It is 16.5 km taking the shortest route by car from downtown Salzburg to Marktschellenberg, not counting the distance from the village center to the meadow.

Posted by
2305 posts

I happen to know the place since I've spent several holidays at the (regrettably now defunct) Schmidbachlehen at the top end of the Mehlweg, which meanders up to the mountains from the village. It's true that you can take the bus from Salzburg to Marktschellenberg but it's not true that you can take a bus from M. up to the Mehlweg, the topmost point of which is approx 4km away from and at least 400 m above the village center. Let's hope there are taxis in M (I've no idea since I always went with my car).

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So, does anyone really know if you can actually go to the top and walk around the meadow were Julie sang "the hills are alive"??