Salzwand
Salzwand is a slope in Bavaria, Germany and has an elevation of 1,349 metres. Salzwand is situated nearby to the village Faselsberg, as well as near Mitterbach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eagle’s Nest and Berghof.
Eagle’s Nest
Restaurant
Photo: Milseburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Kehlsteinhaus is a building situated atop the Kehlstein, a rocky promontory above Obersalzberg near Berchtesgaden, in southeastern Germany. Completed in 1938, it was commissioned by the Nazi Party for official and social functions and was visited by Adolf Hitler on at least fourteen documented occasions.
Berghof
The Berghof was Adolf Hitler's holiday home in the Obersalzberg of the Bavarian Alps near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany. Other than the Wolfsschanze, his headquarters in East Prussia for the invasion of the Soviet Union, he spent more time here than anywhere else during his time as the Führer of Nazi Germany. Berghof is situated 2½ km northeast of Salzwand.
Kehlstein
Peak
Photo: DennisPeeters, Public domain.
The Kehlstein is a 1,881 m subpeak of the Göll massif, a 2,522 m mountain in the Berchtesgaden Alps. The rocky promontory is located west of the Hoher Göll main summit, high above the Obersalzberg mountain retreat near Berchtesgaden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Obersalzberg and Berchtesgaden.
Obersalzberg
Locality
Photo: Tobi85, Public domain.
Obersalzberg is a mountainside retreat situated above the market town of Berchtesgaden in Bavaria, Germany. Located about 120 kilometres 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 as the "Eagle's Nest".
Berchtesgaden
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Berchtesgaden is a small, picturesque and historic town in the southeast of the German state of Bavaria, within a small enclave surrounded on three sides by the Austrian border.
Schönau am Königssee
Village
Photo: Geolina163, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schönau am Königssee is a municipality in the district of Berchtesgadener Land in the German state of Bavaria. It is located at the northern end of the Königssee lake. Schönau am Königssee is situated 3½ km west of Salzwand.
Salzwand
- Type: Slope
- Category: landform
- Location: Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.61327° or 47° 36′ 48″ northLongitude
13.02691° or 13° 1′ 37″ eastElevation
1,349 metres (4,426 feet)Open location code
8FVMJ27G+8QGeoNames ID
2842113
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