From the Hofburg to the Berghof: Seventy Years Later...

[DonC]

Next, the Kehlsteinhaus. We were actually above the clouds and they would climb up the mountain and sort of wash over the area - very atmospheric:

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The view from where vehicles would drop visitors off to enter the elevator shaft:

[DonC]

No one seemed to pay attention to the "no photography" signs:

[DonC]

Probably the very definition of "breathtaking":

[DonC]

The view toward the Summit Cross before the clouds rolled in, and the path if you wanted to walk back to the parking lot:

[DonC]

The Königssee and the Kehlsteinhaus terrace, which did not exist in the TR era:

[DonC]

Clouds rolling in to cover the summit:

[DonC]

Very nice photos. Thanks.
I am curious who now owns this Berghof site?

Chen, the area was turned over to the Bavarian government when the US Army left in 1995.

Don

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The original fireplace grate and great hall:

[DonC]

Another perspective form the parking lot:

[Geoff Walden]

Great new pics, Don! We did just miss each other, as I was there two weeks ago.

Were the original elevator benches still sitting there, in the Kehlsteinhaus elevator waiting room (the circular marble room)? Two weeks ago, the three original benches were sitting there along the wall. I think they had been used in a recent TV filming.

Geoff Walden

PS - Glad you found the book useful!

[DonC]

Hi Geoff - Had it not been raining we would have been able to see a few more sites like the Coal Bunker, etc. We walked down past the site of the SS kaserne and looked up at the site of the Göringhügel. As for the benches, they were not present - that room gets packed with people waiting to board the elevator...

Also, thanks to Geoff's book, my son had a great time collecting the small green and brown plastic strips that were part of the camouflage netting that can be found around the Obersalzburg complex site - had Geoff not mentioned them in his book, I never would have given them a second glance.

Don

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SS Kaserne and a view up toward the Kempinski Intercontinental, site of Göring's house...

[starikurac]

Wonderfull!!

I'm going to the region end of next month.
Where can I find the book you are talking about?