Germany > Bavaria > Eagle's Nest (Kehlsteinhaus, Hitler's House)
Eagle's Nest (Kehlsteinhaus, Hitler's House)
N 47°36.683', E 13°2.526'
2011-06-18
http://www.kehlsteinhaus.de/en/
Our rating: 7.80
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There's a small house built at an altitude of 1,834 meters in the Alps near the Koenigssee lake . Its construction was one of the most expensive and ambitious projects in the region. The tea house on a mountain top with extraordinary scenery was a gift to Adolf Hitler for his 50th anniversary. The house itself is quite ordinary, but the 6 rm road to the top of the mountain was cut in the rock during 13 months, and the work was carried even in winter. This is an incredible time for such a project, which was designed to show the superiority of the German nation. After World War II the US soldiers were in the Berchtesgaden county, where the Kehlsteinhaus is located. They gave it the "Eagle's Nest" nickname. In 1951, it was handed over to the authorities of Bavaria, who decided to demolish it. However, the Berhstegaden county temporarily blocked the decision. After negotiations, it was decided to blow up only the ruins of buildings that belonged to the Third Reich leaders, and the Eagle's Nest, fortunately, survived.
The Eagle's Nest is open from mid-May to mid-October, check the official website . This is a map with all hiking trails in the region (Wanderwege - hiking, Radwege - cycling). A visit to this wonderful place should be described in detail so you can prepare. You can get up only on special tourist buses with reinforced brakes. The buses leave from Dokumentation Obersalzberg (the last one is at 4:30 pm). This is a tourist center where you buy the tickets and wait for the bus. So, first of all you need to get to Dokumentation Obersalzberg. From the Berhstegaden train station take a bus #838 (timetable ). You can also take a taxi (about 10 euros). Then immediately go to the ticket office. Above the cash desks is the time of the next possible trip. The place is very popular with tourists, so after we had bought the tickets, we waited for more than an hour at a local restaurant. Take a seat on the bus and go to a special area for tourists. There first of all register for the return trip (if the number of tourists is large, you'll need at list 1.5 hours), and then go to a 124-meter long tunnel.
Entrance to the tunnel ©Yuriy Buriak
The tunnel is 124 meters long. ©Yuriy Buriak
The tunnel will lead you to a bronze lift that will take you to the Kehlsteinhaus.
The lift will take you to the Kehlsteinhaus. ©Yuriy Buriak
The top of the rock is quite large and there is enough space to walk and have a rest. There's also a small restaurant in the tea house.
Eagle's Nest (Kehlsteinhaus, Hitler's house) ©Yuriy Buriak
View from the Eagle's Nest ©Yuriy Buriak
View from the Eagle's Nest: Konigssee lake ©Yuriy Buriak
View from the Eagle's Nest ©Yuriy Buriak
Intercontinental hotel ©Yuriy Buriak
Alpine chough ©Yuriy Buriak
View from the Eagle's Nest ©Yuriy Buriak
Getting there: By regional train München - Freilassing - Berchtesgaden that goes about 3 hours 20 minutes. Use bahn.de . From Salzburg by bus #840/841 that goes about 50 minutes.
Tags, Germany: height , third reich , unusual buildings Tags, all countries: height , third reich , unusual buildings
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Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
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Our rating - 7.80
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
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Visitor's rating - 0.00
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
* - Note: Description of the evaluation is not always appropriate for a particular object, it's just a little help