Upper Bavaria
Berchtesgadener Land
Berchtesgaden

Eagle’s Nest

The Kehlsteinhaus is a building situated atop the , a rocky promontory above near , 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.
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  • Opening hours: May—October 8:30 AM—4:50 PM
  • Email: info@kehlsteinhaus.de
  • Type: Restaurant
  • Cuisine: regional
  • Description: architectural structure
  • Also known as: “Kehlsteinhaus”
  • Address: Kehlsteinstraße 21, Berchtesgaden, 83471
  • Roof shape: gabled
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kehlstein and Berghof.

Peak
Photo: DennisPeeters, Public domain.
The is a 1,881 m subpeak of the massif, a 2,522-metre-high mountain in the . The rocky promontory is located west of the Hoher Göll main summit, high above the mountain retreat near .

Photo: Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer), CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
The was Adolf Hitler's holiday home in the 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. is situated 2½ km north of Eagle’s Nest.

Peak
Photo: Milseburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a 2,522 m mountain in the . It is the highest peak of the Göll massif, which straddles the border between the state of and the state of . is situated 2½ km southeast of Eagle’s Nest.

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 Kehlsteinhaus, popularly known in the English-speaking world as the "Eagle's Nest".

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 4½ km west of Eagle’s Nest.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of in in . is situated 7 km northwest of Eagle’s Nest.

Eagle’s Nest

Latitude
47.61148° or 47° 36′ 41″ north
Longitude
13.04202° or 13° 2′ 31″ east
Elevation
1,834 metres (6,017 feet)
Inception
1938
Levels
1
Operator
Norbert Eder
Open location code
8FVMJ26R+HR
Open­Street­Map ID
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Wiki­data ID
Q162082
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Eagle’s Nest” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عش النسر”
  • Armenian: “Կելշտայնհաուս”
  • Asturian: “Kehlsteinhaus”
  • Basque: “Kehlsteinhaus”
  • Catalan: “Kehlsteinhaus”
  • Catalan: “Niu de l’Àguila”
  • Chinese: “鷹巢”
  • Chinese: “鹰巢”
  • Czech: “Kehlsteinhaus”
  • Czech: “Orlí hnízdo”
  • Danish: “Kehlsteinhaus”
  • Dutch: “Eaglesnest”
  • Dutch: “Kehlsteinhaus”
  • Finnish: “Kehlsteinhaus”
  • Finnish: “Kotkanpesä”
  • French: “Kehlsteinhaus”
  • French: “Nid d’Aigle”
  • German: “Adlernest”
  • German: “Hitlers Teehaus”
  • German: “Kehlsteinhaus (Berchtesgaden)”
  • German: “Kehlsteinhaus”
  • Hebrew: “בית קילשטיין”
  • Hebrew: “בית קלשטיין”
  • Hebrew: “קן הנשרים”
  • Hungarian: “Kehlsteinhaus”
  • Hungarian: “Sasfészek”
  • Hungarian: “Wachmann-ház”
  • Indonesian: “Kehlsteinhaus”
  • Italian: “Kehlsteinhaus”
  • Italian: “Nido dell’Aquila”
  • Japanese: “ケールシュタインハウス”
  • Lithuanian: “Erelio lizdas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kehlsteinhaus”
  • Malay: “Kehlsteinhaus”
  • Persian: “آشیانه عقاب ها”
  • Persian: “آشیانهٔ عقاب ها”
  • Persian: “آشیانه عقاب”
  • Persian: “آشیانهٔ عقاب”
  • Persian: “اشیانه عقاب ها”
  • Persian: “اشیانهٔ عقاب ها”
  • Persian: “اشیانه عقاب”
  • Persian: “اشیانهٔ عقاب”
  • Persian: “اشیانه عقاب‌ها”
  • Persian: “اشیانهٔ عقاب‌ها”
  • Persian: “کلشتاینهاوس”
  • Persian: “کل‌شتین‌هاوس”
  • Persian: “کلشتینهاوس”
  • Polish: “Herbaciarnia na Kehlsteinie”
  • Polish: “Kehlsteinhaus”
  • Portuguese: “Eagle Nest”
  • Portuguese: “Kehlsteinhaus”
  • Portuguese: “Ninho da Águia”
  • Portuguese: “Ninho das águias”
  • Russian: “Домик Гитлера”
  • Russian: “Кельштайнхауз”
  • Russian: “Кельштайнхаус”
  • Russian: “Орлиное гнездо”
  • Spanish: “Kehlsteinhaus”
  • Spanish: “Nido del Aguila”
  • Spanish: “Nido del Águila”
  • Swedish: “Kehlsteinhaus”
  • Thai: “รังอินทรี”
  • Turkish: “Kehlsteinhaus”
  • Uzbek: “Kehlshteynxaus”
  • Western Panjabi: “کہلشٹائن ہاؤز”

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