Obersalzberg

Obersalzberg is a mountainside retreat situated above the market town of in , . Located about 120 kilometres south-east of , close to the border with , it is best known as the site of Adolf Hitler's former mountain residence, the , and of the mountaintop , popularly known in the English-speaking world as the "Eagle's Nest".
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Berghof and Dokumentationszentrum Obersalzberg.

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The was Adolf Hitler's holiday home in the Obersalzberg of the near , , Germany. Other than the , 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.

Museum
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Dokumentation Obersalzberg is a museum in the Obersalzberg resort near , providing information on the use of the mountainside retreat by Nazi leaders, especially Adolf Hitler, who regularly spent time in this area beginning in 1928.

Ruins
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The was a small log cabin on the forest property of the former Gebirgskurhauses Obersalzberg in Obersalzberg. The cabin was the location where Adolf Hitler wrote the second volume of Mein Kampf.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schönau am Königssee and Bischofswiesen.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of in the state of . It is located at the northern end of the lake. is situated 5 km southwest of Obersalzberg.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of in in . is situated 6 km west of Obersalzberg.

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is in , with 19,000 inhabitants. It is the main town of the Tennengau region. There is a spa in Bad Dürrnberg.

Obersalzberg

Latitude
47.6307° or 47° 37′ 51″ north
Longitude
13.04177° or 13° 2′ 30″ east
Elevation
941 metres (3,087 feet)
Open location code
8FVMJ2JR+7P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 476445399
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
2859203
Wiki­data ID
Q284309
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Obersalzberg” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أوبيرسالزبرج”
  • Bulgarian: “Оберзалцберг”
  • Catalan: “Obersalzberg”
  • Chinese: “上盐山”
  • Chinese: “上萨尔兹堡”
  • Chinese: “上萨尔茨堡”
  • Chinese: “上萨尔茨堡山”
  • Chinese: “上薩爾斯堡”
  • Chinese: “上薩爾茨堡”
  • Chinese: “上薩爾茨堡山”
  • Chinese: “上薩爾茨山”
  • Chinese: “上薩爾茲堡”
  • Chinese: “奧巴西斯伯”
  • Czech: “Obersalzberg”
  • Danish: “Obersalzberg”
  • Dutch: “Obersalzberg”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل اوبيرسالزبرج”
  • Esperanto: “Obersalzberg”
  • Finnish: “Obersalzberg”
  • French: “Obersalzberg”
  • German: “Obersalzberg”
  • Hebrew: “אוברזלצברג”
  • Hungarian: “Obersalzberg”
  • Indonesian: “Obersalzberg”
  • Italian: “Obersalzberg”
  • Japanese: “オーバーザルツベルク”
  • Korean: “오버잘츠베르크”
  • Malay: “Obersalzberg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Obersalzberg”
  • Norwegian: “Obersalzberg”
  • Polish: “Obersalzberg”
  • Portuguese: “Obersalzberg”
  • Russian: “Оберзальцберг”
  • Spanish: “Obersalzberg”
  • Swedish: “Obersalzberg”
  • Turkish: “Obersalzberg”
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