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Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp (4 April 1880 – 30 May 1947) was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy who later became the patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. Trapp was the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commander of World War I, sinking 11 Allied merchant ships totaling 47,653 GRT and two Allied warships displacing a total of 12,641 tons. His first wife Agathe Whitehead died of scarlet fever in 1922, leaving behind seven children.
Some sources incorrectly credit Trapp with sinking the Italian troop transport Principe Umberto, which resulted in the greatest loss of life in any submarine attack in World War I, but the ship was actually sunk by U-5 under another commander, Friedrich Schlosser (1885–1959). If you have any questions regarding the facilities or services provided, contact our guest service department, where an agent will be more than happy to resolve any query, prior to your booking. The real Villa Trapp, by the way, is in Aigen, a suburb just to the southeast of the Old Town of Salzburg.
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Von Trapp's brother, Johannes von Trapp, said she died on Tuesday. Agathe von Trapp, whose film counterpart was 16-going-on-17 Liesl, who had her heart broken by Rolf, the post boy turned Hitler Youth member, died from heart failure at a hospice in the Baltimore suburb of Towson, her friend Mary Louise Kane said yesterday. Some sources incorrectly credit Zdenko Hudeček with being the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commander of the war. Trapp is clearly ahead of Hudeček when warship displacement is added to merchant tonnage, giving him over 60,000 tons of enemy ships sunk. Hudeček is competitive on merchant ship tonnage sunk, but only when he is credited with sinking the British tanker Mitra, which was actually damaged but not sunk.
Maria eventually sold the rights of her book to German producers, who used her story in Die Trapp-Familie , and Die Trapp-Familie in Amerika . Shortly after the German films were released, The Sound of Music premiered as a play, then was adapted as a movie, with Julie Andrews as Maria. Just like in the movie, the von Trapp family was made up of a widower, his large brood, and a would-be nun named Maria. Like in the movie, the family began to sing together and eventually decided to leave their native Austria for the United States as Adolf Hitler gained power in Europe.
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On our little outings, Father taught us how to make fires without matches and how to roast potatoes and apples in the hot cinders. When we lost our money, because the bank failed during the Depression, he started a chicken farm. We learned how to take care of the chicks and how to sift out the ones that did not lay eggs. Agathe's book, Memories Before and After The Sound of Music, contains other wonderful stories about Father.
Maria sold the film rights to German producers and inadvertently signed away her rights in the process. The resulting films, Die Trapp-Familie , and a sequel, Die Trapp-Familie in Amerika , were quite successful. The family had very little input in either the play or the movie The Sound of Music. As a courtesy, the producers of the play listened to some of Maria's suggestions, but no substantive contributions were accepted. She was orphaned as a young child and was raised as an atheist and socialist by an abusive relative. While attending the State Teachers' College of Progressive Education in Vienna, she accidentally attended a Palm Sunday service, believing it to be a concert of Bach music, where a priest was speaking.
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Like in The Sound of Music, the story of the von Trapp family begins with a woman named Maria, whose real name was Maria Augusta Kutschera. Born in 1905, the real-life Maria grew up in a secular family but became enchanted with religion after accidentally attending a Palm Sunday service. Once in Italy, they contacted the agent and requested fare to America, first traveling to London, before sailing to the United States for their first concert tour. The British government rejected Whitehead's invention, but Austrian Emperor Franz Josef invited him to open a torpedo factory in Fiume. Trapp's first command was the U-boat U-6 which was launched by Agathe. Trapp's accomplishments during World War I earned him numerous decorations, including the Military Order of Maria Theresa.
Yes, the Trapp Family Lodge is still owned and operated by the von Trapp family, descendants of the original Maria von Trapp, who was the inspiration for the musical The Sound of Music. The lodge is located in Stowe, Vermont and offers visitors a variety of accommodations and activities from November through April. Maria Augusta Kutschera was born in 1905 and after being orphaned at a young age, was reportedly sent to live with an abusive uncle. She attended teachers' college where she discovered religion and converted to Catholicism before becoming a candidate for the novitiate in Salzburg. After reading about the true story of the von Trapp family, look through these photos of life in Nazi Germany.
While she struggled with the unaccustomed rules and discipline, she considered that "These . . . two years were really necessary to get my twisted character and my overgrown self-will cut down to size." The family eventually landed in the United States and began touring the country. According to the Smithsonian Magazine, the group settled in Vermont. In the film, Georg and Maria come back from their honeymoon and find out that he has been called on to join the German army.
A Few of Our Favorite Things – In our garden, Father built a big, open hut with three walls and a roof. It was large enough to hang hammocks inside and we each got our own. He also bought folding, rubber canoes with canvas sails and showed us how to use them.
She didn't look like Julie, and she came across as a true force of nature. In thinking about the fictionalized movie version of Maria von Trapp as compared to this very real Maria von Trapp, I came to realize that the story of the von Trapp family was probably something closer to human, and therefore much more interesting, than the movie led me to believe. 1981 Construction of chalet guest houses and new lodge begins 1983 In December, first guest registers at the new Trapp Family Lodge 1983 Concert in the Meadow series begins 1984 Maria dedicates new lodge; Fitness Center opens 1987 Maria dies after a short illness 1993 Year of Celebrations! Maria von Trapp, the last of the singing children immortalized in the movie musical 'The Sound of Music,' died at her Vermont home of natural causes, her half-brother told CNN on Saturday.
Traveling with their musical conductor, Rev. Franz Wasner, and secretary, Martha Zochbauer, they went by train to Italy in June, later to London, and by September were on a ship to New York to begin a concert tour in Pennsylvania. The family was musically inclined before Maria arrived, but she did teach them to sing madrigals. Maria and Georg married in 1927, 11 years before the family left Austria, not right before the Nazi takeover of Austria. I am sitting waiting for my airplane to leave Amsterdam for Detroit as I write this. For those of you who are Sound of Music fans, the wedding ceremony was on the back porch of the Von Trapp family home that was portrayed in the movie. Think of the boat scene when everyone in the curtain play clothes falls into the lake when Captain Von Trapp comes home.
10 Things You May Not Know About 'The Sound of Music'The beloved movie musical about the von Trapp family, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, almost didn't happen. The real journey took the family first to Italy, where Georg attained citizenship due to his birthplace having become Italian territory in 1920, then on to London before boarding a ship for America. During the early 1940s they toured the U.S. as the Trapp Family Singers, eventually settling in Stowe, Vermont. There they opened a guest house, which is still owned and operated by descendants of the von Trapp family.
Mr. von Trapp is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Werner von Trapp of Waitsfield, Vermont, and Salzburg, Austria. In The Story of the Trapp Family Singers , Maria von Trapp pointed out that there was a high incidence of lung cancer among World War I U-Boat crews, due to the diesel and gasoline fumes and poor ventilation, and that his death could be considered service-related. She also acknowledged in her book that, like most men of the period, he was a heavy smoker.
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