Berchtesgaden

[ berkh-tuhs-gahd-n ]

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

Berchtesgaden

/ ˈbɛrçtəsɡaːdən /

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

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Their vista of the snow-capped Andes suggests the Bavarian alps and the view from Berchtesgaden.

The summer was spent in long rambles over the mountains of Austria, ending up with a month of deep repose in Berchtesgaden.

Berchtesgaden, apportioned to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, ii.

The winter of 1879-80 Ibsen spent in Munich, and the greater part of the summer of 1880 at Berchtesgaden.

The district of Berchtesgaden was formerly an independent spiritual principality, founded in 1100 and secularized in 1803.

She sent me a lovely little jewel box with a view of Berchtesgaden packed with my favourite sweets, filled with brandy.

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