Okay these don't really belong in the thread because they are not really about the country side but I will put them in here anyhow. Here are some pics of Obersalzburg bunker system from WW2. This is the mountain that the Eagles Nest is located on at the peak.
The whole mountain area of the Obersalzburg was taken over by the Nazis in the 1930s (the land was literally taken away from the people) and used as a retreat for the Nazi leadership. This is also why the Eagles Nest was built here. Located at this location alone were the following buildings:
* Berghof (Hitler's private home)
* Gastehaus Höher Göll
* Gutshof
* SS Kaserne, Barracks
* Gartnerei/green house
* Kehlsteinhaus ("Eagle's Nest")
* Pension Moritz
* Platterhof/later General Walker Hotel
* Mooslahnerkopf Teehaus
* Hotel zum Türken/RSD, Sicherheitsdienst, Security Service
* Kampfhausl/Hitler dictates part two of Mein kampf
* Gutshof/Today SkyTop Lodge, Golf course restaurant/pro shop
* The houses of Martin Bormann, Hermann Göring and Albert Speer
* Bormann's Braunhaus/Dokumentationszentrum Obersalzberg
The only buildings that remain today are the Eagles Nest (Kehlstein Hause), Albert Speers house, one of Göring's houses (the main residence was destroyed and a Continental hotel is now on the site), Hotel zum Türken, and parts of the Platterhof.
The Platterhof was later turned into an American Armed Forces Recreation Area Hotel called The General Walker Hotel until it was mostly torn down in 1995. I was fortunate enough to have spent many nights up at the The General Walker Hotel back in the early 90s.
Anyhow these are pictures taken at the stie of the Platterhoff and inside the WW2 bunker system of the Obersalzburg.
What is left of the Platterhof:
The Eagles Nest:
The Bunker system:
The machine gun nest at the bottom of the above staircase:
I do not want to turn this thread into a political discussion, but I will post these next pics just to give an idea of how historical some of these places are
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Now:
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All of the "Then" pictures are taken from:
Third Reich in Ruins