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Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp (4 April 1880 – 30 May 1947) was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy who became the patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers.
Mar 2, 2015 · The von Trapps married more than a decade before they fled Austria. Unlike in the film when they wed as the Nazis were taking control of Austria in 1938, 47-year-old Georg von Trapp and...
Dec 1, 2023 · In a reversal of the stern, music-forbidding retired naval officer depicted in the film, the real Georg and his first wife encouraged song in their home years before Maria arrived. “In reality ...
Dec 6, 2022 · Georg von Trapp, born in 1880, became a national hero as a captain in the Austrian navy during World War I. He commanded submarines with valor and received the title of "Ritter" (knight), and later baron, as a reward for his heroic accomplishments.
Baron von Trapp was a navy captain and the father of the singing Trapp family. Learn all about his life, his career and why he escaped from Austria.
On March 2, 1965, 20th Century Fox released a film adaptation of the musical starring Julie Andrews as Maria Rainer and Christopher Plummer as Captain Georg von Trapp. It was produced and directed by Robert Wise with the screenplay adaptation written by Ernest Lehman .
Founded by family members, vonTrapp.org is a project of the nonprofit, the Georg & Agathe Foundation. The project celebrates the real von Trapp musicians, all ten von Trapp children, and their descendants' talents and professions.
