the thousandth anniversary of the foundation, there was extensive re-building of the church and the monastic premises. From 1773 the abbot was Opportunus II Dunkl, who was the last abbot of Mondsee: in 1791 the abbey was dissolved by Emperor Leopold II. Many of its manuscripts were transferred to what are today the Austrian National Library, the State Library of Upper Austria and the State Archive of Upper Austria. From 1625 until its dissolution the abbey was a member of the Benedictine Austrian Congregation. During the Napoleonic period the Mondseeland reverted to Bavaria for a few years. During that time, in 1810, the Bavarian Field Marshal Prince Karl Philipp von Wrede acquired the abandoned monastery (along with the nearby abbeys of Suben and Gleink), and used it as a castle. Wrede remained the owner even after the return of the territory to Austria and significantly developed the locality, for example by the construction of roads and the establishment of local cheese production. In 1905, on the death of Princess Ignazia von Wrede, Mondsee passed to the Counts Almeida, whose descendants sold it in 1985. Basilica of St. Michael The abbey church of St. Michael became the parish church. The altarpiece is designed as a giant reliquary, containing, among others, the jeweled skeleton of Abbot Konrad II. Pope John Paul II upgraded the church to a basilica in 2005. Filmography The wedding scene from The Sound of Music was filmed in the location. Gallery See also List of Carolingian monasteries Carolingian art References External links Mondseeland website Churches completed in 748 Christian monasteries established in the 8th century States and territories disestablished in the 9th century States and territories established in 1142 Monasteries in Bavaria Benedictine monasteries in Austria Monasteries in Upper Austria Tourist attractions in Upper Austria 8th-century churches in Germany