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The Kehlsteinhaus (known in English as the Eagle's Nest) is a Nazi-constructed building erected atop the summit of the Kehlstein, a rocky outcrop that rises above Obersalzberg near the southeast German town of Berchtesgaden. It was used exclusively by members of the Nazi Party for government and social meetings.
It is chiefly known for the Kehlsteinhaus (Eagle's Nest) mountain inn built in 1937–1938, which is a major tourist destination. While other parts of the restricted Obersalzberg area around the former Berghof headquarters were turned into a US Armed Forces Recreation Center , the Kehlstein peak was made accessible to the public already in 1952.
View from Kehlsteinhaus. Obersalzberg is a mountainside retreat situated above the market town of Berchtesgaden in Bavaria, Germany.Located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) south-east of Munich, close to the border with Austria, it is best known as the site of Adolf Hitler's former mountain residence, the Berghof, and of the mountaintop Kehlsteinhaus, popularly known in the English-speaking world ...
The Adlerhorst ("Eagle's Nest") was a World War II bunker complex in Germany, ... Although Hitler didn't move to the purpose-built Führerhauptquartier, he might have ...
Adolf Hitler, (1889–1945), leader of the Nazi Party and German dictator 1933–1945; owned the Eagle's Nest mountain retreat in Berchtesgaden; Kathrin Hölzl, alpine ski racer and gold medalist in the giant slalom at the 2009 World Championships
Hitler Youth Clubhouse or Hitler-Jugend Heim: Jena Brücke: Lorient U-boat base: Lorient, France: 1941 Kehlsteinhaus (Eagles Nest) Obersalzberg: 1938 Lower Silesian Governor's Office Breslau: 1939-1945 Luftgaukommando Dresden Dresden: Luftgaukommando Munich Munich: 1937-1938 Maria-Theresien-Kaserne Vienna, Austria: 1940 Nazi War Memorials: Nazi ...
Eagles Nest, New Zealand, a complex of rental villas in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand; Fort Stražnik, a fortress in Montenegro, also known as Eagle's Nest; Kehlsteinhaus, known in English-speaking countries as the Eagle's Nest, an alpine retreat atop the Hoher Gohl built by the Nazi party near Berchtesgaden in the German Alps
The cylindrical teahouse was built in 1937 and was Hitler's favourite destination which he, in contrast to the Kehlsteinhaus (Eagle's Nest), used nearly every afternoon. On April 25, 1945, the area on the Obersalzberg was attacked by the Royal Air Force. The teahouse was not hit.