About 100 km south of Munich is the charming town of Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps. Surrounded by bucolic countryside, it also has a dark and infamous—yet fascinating—past. We drove a steep ...

The Berchtesgaden National Park in Bavaria was founded on August 1, 1978 and attracts 1.5 million visitors a year. Its landmark is the 2713 meter high Watzmann mountain, at the foot of which the ...

Tucked away in the Bavarian Alps near Austria, Berchtesgaden is a stunning town with a complex and compelling past. Originally a favorite getaway for Bavarian royalty, it became globally significant ...

Berchtesgaden is a charming town in Bavaria, located in the scenic German Alps close to Austria. It once served as a royal retreat and rose to prominence when Adolf Hitler made it his summer residence ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hitler's former holiday home, the so-called Eagle's Nest, is now a memorial with a view out of the Berchtesgaden mountains.

During World War II, Adolf Hitler and his Nazi cronies walked the mountain paths around the Hinterbrand Lodge plotting world domination. Sixty-three years later U.S. servicemembers and their families ...

As I fingered the jagged green marble of a chipped-up fireplace mantle, my guide told me the story. This lodge — which sits like a James Bond fantasy atop an alpine peak — was a gift to Adolf Hitler ...