The Eagle’s Nest
Tuesday, 6th June 2006 by
Thanks to the various Google Maps updates of imagery in Germany we can now get a good look at Hitler's "Eagle's Nest" or Kehlsteinhaus as it is properly known. The Eagle's Nest was part of the Berghof complex in the Bavarian Alps near Berchtesgaden. It was built as a 50th birthday present for Adolf Hitler from the Nazi party but was apparently rarely used by him as he was afraid of heights. Aside from the macabre connotations it is a fantastic feat of engineering. The Nest is built on a ridge at the top of the Kehlstein mountain, 1835 metres up. It can only be reached by a 4 mile road which cost 30 million Marks to construct in 1939. The final approach to the Nest is an elevator bored through the mountain that travels 124 metres up via a granite tunnel. The elevator itself is surfaced with polished brass, talk about extravagant...
Heres a tip. Watch Band of Brothers episode 10 – “points” for a really good bit featuring eagles nest and the whole Berchtesgaden.
Everyone’s posts have been typo free for quite a while, but here’s a tip: “only be reached by a 4 mile” 🙂
That was a test SpedAngel, and I’m afraid you missed a misspelling of “macabre” 😉
Looks like the spelling police paid me a visit before I could even fix it!
Shouldn’t that be “spelling nazi“?
Sorry AC, you lose: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law
Obligitory Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kehlsteinhaus
Great blog! Using google map to visit places without actually visiting them, now isn’t that wonderfully lazy 🙂
hey now, other people used to fix your mistakes without being heckled 😛 I just love reading your posts, and hope the general public realizes how intelligent and well-spoken you all are 😉
HAH! we can finally talk about hitler…. j/k now would godwin’s law take affect since this is a post about his place?
lol! yes nigerache, this time you are allowed to mention the nazis 😀
Pretty fitting to make this post on D-Day.