Berchtesgaden private walking tour With A Professional Guide

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About this activity

This quaint alpine village has seen millennia of history and was named after a pagan Goddess. From prehistory to celtic times, early medieval to the nazi rule, Berchtesgaden stayed a hotspot. As a town, it’s roots go back to 1102 AD, and it’s existence is deeply connected to the salt mines in this town that enriched the entire region, therefore passing hands from nobility and clergy until it joined Bavaria in 1810. On the foothills of the famous Watzmann mountain seen in “The Sound of Music”, it is no wonder that even the bavarian royalty chose it as one of their residences. Later on Adolf Hitler took interest as well, later building his mountain residence at Obersalzberg and making Berchtesgaden a nazi stronghold during the World War II.

This tour will give all the hindsight on these and many more details, stories and less known facts about a little alpine town that once had a hand in international affairs.

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At a glance

Duration: 2 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: German, English
Operated by: Global Guide Services

What is included

Included

Included: Possible customizing on tour with your local guide on the spot
Included: Private guided Tour
Included: Local Guide who will be with your group only

Not included

Not included: Gratuities
Not included: Entrance fees

Itinerary

Stop 1

Passing by

You will see:

Market Square

Market Street

Town Hall

Monkey Facade

Mother and Child Fountain

Deer House

Gasthof Neuhaus

Well Ducats Fountain

Christmas Shooters Square

View of the Schloss Berchtesgaden

You will learn about:

Ancestral importance of the salt mines

Stone age inhabitants

First historical records in 1102

About a pre-Christian Alpine Goddess named Perchta

The Prince provosty of Berchtesgaden

Emperor Barbarossa

The 30 Years War

First World War and the Republic of Weimar

The nazis and the arrival of Hitler

Hitler’s mentor Dietrich Eckart and his relation to Berchtesgaden

Berchtesgaden Meeting of 1938

Obersalzberg and the building of the nazi headquarters

Kehlsteinhaus, the Eagles Nest

Berchtesgaden as a symbol of nazi power

Allied bombardment and the survival of the city

The american military base from ‘45 until ‘96

The transformation of Berchtesgaden into a National Park and an UNESCO Biosphere Reserve