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Berchtesgaden

American  
[berkh-tuhs-gahd-n] / ˈbɛrx təsˌgɑd n /

noun

  1. a town in the SE extremity of Bavaria, in SE Germany: site of the fortified mountain chalet of Adolf Hitler.


Berchtesgaden British  
/ ˈbɛrçtəsɡaːdən /

noun

  1. a town in Germany, in SE Bavaria: site of the fortified mountain retreat of Adolf Hitler. Pop: 7667 (2003 est)

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The towering Berchtesgaden Alps provide the backdrop as Rohl details his eventful 12 months, in which he went from crisis at Sheffield Wednesday to the relative calm of Salzburg via Glasgow.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

The auction house said a French soldier who was in the first unit to close in on Hitler in May 1945 at his Berchtesgaden retreat seized it as spoils of war.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2022

International Luge Federation Congress in Berchtesgaden, Germany from June 15-16 postponed to Nov. 21-22 moved online.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 12, 2020

Ursula Todd’s multiple lives see her strangled at birth, drowned on a Cornish beach, trapped in an awful marriage and visiting Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 21, 2019

This clay, hardened, impregnated with petroleum, and mixed with lamellar and lenticular gypsum, is analogous to the salzthon, which in Europe accompanies the sal-gem of Berchtesgaden, and in South America that of Zipaquira.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Thomasina Ross

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