Eagle's Nest, Obersalzberg, Berchtesgaden

[michaelwright999]

Only wish I could move in, and work there.

[Sturmmann]

ze fuhrer wuz not afraid of no heights....

zat is just allied propaganda

[RoxGirl88]

I've been there in 1996 together with my Family!

[btown2011]

i remember living there!

[CuriousMickey]

Awesome!! =)

[c172kid]

I was there in the summer of 07, greatest experience ever! Also kind of eerie.

[pattientjuh]

I've been there last week and the view was incredible but I was very shocked when I saw the video in the bunker...

[amaiacm]

Incredible views.

[qved]

Sieg Bayern!

[zzsql]

oh wait! I forgot, Martin Bormann built it for Hitler for his 50th Birthday (1939)

He didn't go there much due to the height. You can barely see the place from Berchtesgaden.

[doomsaye666]

the fuhrer would flip if he could see what has become of his empire..

[brizsey]

magnificent look at those views

[zzsql]

this building is right up the hill from Berchtesgaden in southern Bayern (Bavaria) south east of München (Munich) by 90 minutes or so.

You can sit at a coffee house in Berchtesgaden and see the eagle's nest from there but it's tiny!

[varus1985]

Actually 12 workers died while building the elevator to his personal tea house, how decadent. Eagles nest reminds me more of a pillbox.

[zcarenow]

i have yet to see a clip of what it looked like with Hitler inside it. i've seen what it looks like today, but not a clip of it back then with Hitler inside. Also, any clips of today where Hitler was chatting with friends back then. I am trying to compare the old clips with Hitler in them with the new ones of today

[ArmyBlackKnights]

Hitler never was inside it. It was finished just before his death and was to be his birthday present from the other Nazi party leaders.

[zzsql]

ArmyBlackKnights, hitler and eva and friends did have parties there, notably after the marriage of SS Obergruppenführer Hermann Fegelein after his marriage at the Berghof.

I read that in a book called "The Hitler Book" a "secret" dossier developed by the Russians along with Hitler aides Günsche und Linge and a russian writer. Very interesting book.

[ArmyBlackKnights]

Thank you for correcting my post, zzsql.

[ChristianPaul75]

I may say that the Eagle´s Nest or Kehlsteinhaus (what is the proper name because it´s situated on top of the mountain Kehlstein) was finished in 1939, while Hitler shot himself in '45. In fact Hitler visited the building several times, but not too often because he considered the travel from the Berghof being too long and the scenery too exposed to sudden airstrikes by the allies. Ironically the Kehlsteinhaus didn´t take any damage when the allies attacked, while the Berghof was destroyed.

[CanadianMonarchist1]

Iv'e heard Hitler hardly visited the eagle's nest because he apparently had a fear of heights,I don't how much of that is true but thats what I have heard.

[btown2011]

very true!

[468311]

im from the USA and i dont care what its close to or actually located in or whereever.its a good video!!!!

[impossibleisfaby]

nice place

[hurehure1]

i live next to this, and i believe, it was hitlers berghof, and he was there, but what she did there i dont know, but he wanted to build a house @ "untersgerg" but he was to scary because there was a many legends and somethin

[southcoastexpress]

The retaining wall of the Berghof can still be located just below the Turken Hotel.This video shows the Kehlsteinhaus (Eagles Nest)which has a regular tourist bus service from Dokumentation Obersalzberg the museum on the site of the Guesthouse and Platterhof(subsequently General Walker Hotel)

[eezach]

According to the book "History of the Eagle's Nest" by Florian M. Beierl, Hitler officially visited the Eagle's Nest 14 times between 1938-1940. His last visit was on October 17, 1940.

Hitler suffered from vertigo and had a fear of heights, and told Bormann that because of the thin air he could only visit occasionally. Hitler also felt that the subterranean elevator was of great risk, and he feared that lightning strikes during thunderstorms could hit the building.

[helge1]

Do they really have a souvernir shop there? What do they have to sell? T-shirts? HAHA!

It sure looks like it at 01:42

[Oldcrotch]

The fact is, when they took Hitler up there, he checked the place out, turned to Bormann and said; "I DON'T LIKE IT." That was that, he went back down to the Burghof.

[natterbox]

Hitler wasn't scared of heights or he wouldn't have lived in the mountains. He thought the Eagle's Nest was bad for his blood pressure.

[Generaal20]

It's a fact that Hitler had a fear of heights. He went only 8 times to the Eagle's nest.

[Dassault354]

Hitler didn't live in the mountains... bloody hell.

[zzsql]

Hitler didn't design this building. Martin Bormann did. He's the one with style. Besides, Hitler only visited

once or twice. He got dizzy from the view apparently, heh.

Anyhow, thanks for the cool video. The last 2 years i've been to Bavaria it was either closed for repairs or it was December and it closes at the end of October due to the weather.

I hope to see it myself in person.

[CIAdude]

Yes, really nice......

[kaiserjamie]

Ive been there, its a beatiful place. Funny, Hitler only visited it a few times though. Some say he was afraid of heights.

[Erwo83]

Hitler had style???????? you are so stupid !Hitler was bringing teath .I com from Austria .i know the story.

[historybuff12]

Hitler was a lunatic...

[Miss0Creative]

True

[crpp]

way cool place. hitler had style, baby!

[BartLCY10]

Calling Eagle's Nest Hitler's tea house is a common mistake and it's technically incorrect. The actual tea house was build just below the Mooslahnerkopf hill and thus was called Mooslahnerkopf Teehaus. The ruins were removed in 2006

[ussmontpelier]

Hitler's minister of armaments talks of Obersalzberg in his memoirs; of Hitlers amateurish thinking and boorish ways, the Nazi's backstabbing greedy ways; Speer regretted thier lack of morality, thier total lack of compassion; He knew that Germany would be better if they lost the war!

[nachosven]

@ ssmandavid

Your kind of people make me sick, with all that 14/88 and Holy Ground crap. Get a life, nazi wanker! Sure, you got the freedom of speech, unfortunately even for brainless people like you that's true.

By the way, David is a Jewish first name, I think you will be glad to hear that!

[legoman88]

How could such a beautiful place be home to such an evil person...

[ssmandavid]

Holy ground, 14-88.

[nachosven]

@ ssmandavid

Your kind of people make me sick, with all that 14/88 and Holy Ground crap. Get a life, nazi wanker! Sure, you got the freedom of speech, unfortunately even for brainless people like you that's true.

By the way, David is a Jewish first name, I think you will be glad to hear that!

[appeals2me]

The town of Berchtesgaden is located at the base of the Obersalzberg. The Kehlsteinhaus is not to be confused with the Berghof, which was located farther down the mountain (and no longer exists). Gruess Gott!

[Maggot2009]

it is called Obersalzberb not "burg" I am from Berchtesgaden and it isn`t near berchtesgaden. It is in berchtesgaden! greetings from the beautiful Berchtesgaden! (Sorry for the grammar mistakes!)

[englishtim]

I'd have said it was Berchtesgadenerland, rather than Berchtesgaden... Anyway, thanks for the comment, and I'll make an update.

[zzsql]

The license plates say BGL for BerchtesGaden Land but the area is called Berchtesgaden. Residents refer to it as Berchtesgaden Land. (I got a German BGL license plate for my BMW, ha ha.)

I love visiting there. It's so wonderful despite the history.

[lildevil2003]

acutally it is near berchestgaden!

[jubjub13483]

@Maggot2009 You are soo lucky! Soon as i can speak german properly im moving there :D