EK II from Berchtesgaden

[BPA-Paul]

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[BPA-Paul]

And a great place to spend dinner with a cold beer.

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[birdie]

Berchtesgaden matchbook

Old school matches...

[birdie]

Berchtesgaden

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[oldflagswanted]

BDA recon photos ???

...British bombers ...predominantly bombed by night, you guys during the
daylight hours. You Americans couldn't even hit it when your saw it, so we
had to do the job properly and of course show you how it was done...
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I have some original USAAF recon mission photos which may tell a different
story of the US raid BDA. That is somewhere in my long term collection
storage. So when I find them again, I now know where to post same.

[allanb4570]

Views from on High

This has been an excellent thread. I have enjoyed the pictures and reading the comments. Someday maybe I will be able to go and see for myself.

[ossenaar]

Great thread. To be honest, i'm more of a reader then a writer. But next summer I definitly want to visit Berchtesgarden and the shown site's.

[RZM35/51]

Some nice EK IIs. Quick question, isn't anything to do with national socialism illegal over there?Or are they able to sell items under an antique clause of some kind?

[mkVsten]

Climbing the Obersalzberg Video

Hey Guys,

Great thread! My son and I visited Bravaria and the Berchtesgaden area in June of 2013, staying at the spectacular Intercontinental Berchtesgaden, located on the former Göring property on the Obersalzberg. My first choice was the zum Türken hotel, but for our travel dates, they were booked.

As I said, the accommodations were 5 stars, really over the top! They even have a turn down service!



If you stay there, its a must to request a room with a view...
Some photos from the hotel early in the morning:







And of course Berchtesgaden is wonderfull!





A short drive north from Berchtesgaden is the little town of Bad Reichenhall where tucked away you will find the former Gebirgs-Artillerie-Kaserne (for mountain artillery troops) now called the Hochstaufen-Kaserne, still used by the Bundeswehr:



The eagle on the building no longer clutches the Swastika, but just as proudly an edelweiss flower. The mural on the wall is still there, basically just as it was during the war. Quite a site!



And a short video of the drive up the Obersalzberg from Berchtesgaden and the second one below driving down!
We drive right past the Berghoff, at least the former site, the Zum Türken then pull into the hotel and drive up
Göring Hill. Basically, this was his driveway! The video going down shows the same route, but a different perspective.

Click on the link below for the video:



And the video heading down.



Cheers

[birdie]

Wow

Great pics. When I saw the mural, I was stunned..thought at first it was a vintage color pic...I can't believe they let nazi era soldiers remain on the building, very cool blast from the past.

[johnnyrocket]

Those images brings back memories from the 60's when I was there. Looks like some updating has been done too the buildings.

Thanks for the posting.

Johnny R.

[Jon Fish]

I’m sorry but I would never stay in that monstrosity of a hotel. How they could build such a modern pile of trash in such an historic area, I do not wish to understand. I used the enjoy walking around the Goering hill area and searching for pieces of blue swimming pool tiles, and they were easy to find. Much better to stay in a friendly family B&B in Berchtesgaden than a faceless Intercontinental that you can stay in any city in the world! Totally out of keeping for the area, such a shame it was allowed to be built.

[mkVsten]

Well, its there now and i don't think its going anywhere anytime soon. We wanted to be able to walk around the area at our whim and plan some day trips, so it was a great base for that. I would have no objections to staying there again.

It is totally out of place for such a historic area, but its not the same as any faceless Intercontinental you can stay at in any city, its on the Obersalzberg. The staff are all locals and are wonderful and so friendly. Im sure they are happy.

Different strokes for different folks.

I guess we all wish that most of the original buildings and structures were still there, but unfortunately they are not for many reasons.

[Tim Calvert]

mkV,

Thanks for adding the very nice photos and especially also the videos!
I can't believe it will be 10 years, this summer, since I've been there.
Time flys......and it's pissing me off!