Berchtesgaden

Berchtesgaden is a locality in , , and has about 7,700 residents. Berchtesgaden is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the locality .
  • Type: Locality with 7,700 residents
  • Description: main town of the market town of Berchtesgaden in the Upper Bavarian district of Berchtesgadener Land
  • Also known as: “Berchtolsgaden”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Schloss Berchtesgaden and Collegiate Church of St. Peter and St. John the Baptist.

Square
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is a square.

Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Obersalzberg and Schönau am Königssee.

Locality
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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". is situated 3 km east of Berchtesgaden.

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 3½ km southwest of Berchtesgaden.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of in in . is situated 3½ km northwest of Berchtesgaden.

Berchtesgaden

Latitude
47.63236° or 47° 37′ 57″ north
Longitude
13.00187° or 13° 0′ 7″ east
Population
7,700
Elevation
574 metres (1,883 feet)
IATA airport code
ZCE
United Nations Location Code
DE BEG
Open location code
8FVMJ2J2+WP
Geo­Names ID
2950881
Wiki­data ID
Q31910292
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Berchtesgaden” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բերխտեսգադեն”
  • Bavarian: “Berchtsgoan”
  • Bulgarian: “Берхтесгаден”
  • Cebuano: “Berchtesgaden”
  • Chinese: “贝希特斯加登”
  • Czech: “Berchtesgaden”
  • Danish: “Berchtesgaden”
  • Dutch: “Berchtesgaden”
  • Esperanto: “Berchtesgaden”
  • Finnish: “Berchtesgaden”
  • French: “Berchtesgaden”
  • German: “Berchdesgamensis”
  • German: “Berchtesgaden”
  • German: “Berchtolsgadensis”
  • German: “Berghtesgadensis”
  • German: “Bertherscadmensis”
  • German: “Perhtersgademensis”
  • German: “Perthersgadmensis”
  • Greek: “Μπέρχτεσγκαντεν”
  • Japanese: “ベルヒテスガーデン”
  • Kazakh: “Берхтесгаден”
  • Korean: “베르히테스가덴”
  • Norwegian: “Berchtesgaden”
  • Persian: “برشتس گادن”
  • Polish: “Berchtesgaden”
  • Portuguese: “Berchtesgaden”
  • Russian: “Берхтесгаден”
  • Serbian: “Берхтесгаден”
  • Spanish: “Berchtesgaden”
  • Swedish: “Berchtesgaden”
  • Ukrainian: “Берхтесгаден”
  • “Berchtesgaden”

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