Kehlsteinhaus

Also known as Kehlsteinhaus (Eagle's Nest)

The Kehlsteinhaus (known in English as the Eagle's Nest) is a mountaintop building on the Kehlstein above Berchtesgaden in Bavaria, built in 1938 as a 50th birthday gift from the Nazi Party to Adolf Hitler. The building sits at 1,834 meters, accessed by a purpose-built mountain road and a brass-lined elevator cut through 124 meters of rock.

The Kehlsteinhaus (Eagle’s Nest) was built in 1938 as a 50th birthday gift to Hitler, accessed by a mountain road and brass-lined elevator cut through 124 meters of rock to a summit at 1,834m. Hitler visited fewer than fourteen times. The building now operates as a restaurant and historical site; the essential historical context is at the Obersalzberg Documentation Centre below, which should be visited first. Bus access only from Obersalzberg; check kehlsteinhaus.de for current schedule and tickets. 30 minutes from Salzburg by bus to Berchtesgaden.