The mountain-lake region of Bavaria! (3)
Mountain - lake district of Bavaria! The ending.
Review starts here: http://blogs. turpravda. en/hessen/101460.html
Continued here: http://blogs. turpravda. en/hessen/105702.html
Well, now the final part.
6. Kehlstein (Eagle's Nest).
What, where, how much:
http://www. kehlsteinhaus. de/de/anfahrt/? navid=6
Salzbergstrasse 45
83471 Berchtesgarden
Kehlsteinhaus
So, we arrive at the paid parking in front of the Documentation Center (Documentation Obersalzberg). You can also come here by public transport. There are cafes, restaurants, souvenir shops, an information office ...We need a bus, Shuttlebus, which will take you upstairs. If you are facing the parking lot, then you need to go to the right, go down, there will be ticket offices for these buses, and again souvenir shops. The ticket costs 14.60 euros/person. /There and back again. The ticket shows the departure time and the bus number: 1.2 or 3, as they go there in threes. Arriving upstairs, you need to check in at the ticket office how much time you want to spend upstairs and, accordingly, at what time you will go back. A stamp is placed on the ticket: the time of the return departure.
An announcement is made about this on the bus, but tourists from different countries travel, many do not know German, so they are not noted at the box office. But this is not a problem, everyone is put on the buses.
You don’t need to buy a special ticket for the elevator, no one checks it there, although there is an elevator operator there, everyone comes in, regardless of whether you came by bus or walked up. Yes, yes, you can climb up on foot, but it's a bit steep. The elevator takes you to a height of 120 meters in less than a minute. To the elevator we pass through a tunnel in the rock 124 meters long. It's pretty cold in the tunnel.
The road to the upper parking lot is serpentine, from some sections such breathtaking views opened up, it is a pity that the bus does not stop anywhere. And the serpentine did not seem dangerous to us, yes, only in one lane, but after all, no other transport goes there, except for these special buses and official ones.
In some sections there are extensions where buses stop and wait for each other, all are equipped with a walkie-talkie, everyone goes on schedule. Everything is thought out, everything is safe.
We had to drive along such a narrow road, among high cliffs, but with traffic in both directions, when before each turn we had to honk so that someone would not drive into us. It was a little creepy there, but here we just enjoyed the views.
For the safety of tourists, every spring, before the opening of the season, special services clean the rocks, under which a serpentine and a hiking trail pass, on which, during the winter, as a result of snow and frost, some growths, unnecessary formations, etc. could form. it is cleared, removed, so that, God forbid, what stones do not fall on the roofs of buses and on the heads of hikers. And on some parts of the rocks, nets are stretched.
Kehlsteinhaus was open to the public on 17.
Mai 1952, with restaurants around, on a mountain with observation decks. We really wanted to visit this place, and not only because of the beautiful views from there, but also in connection with the history that took place in 1933-1945. I really wanted to see what kind of place this is, why did it attract Bormann so much?
This place for the construction of the house was chosen by Martin Bormann. The construction was completed in 1938 and the house became an official gift from the party for the 50th anniversary of Hitler, who used it to receive the government to brag to high-ranking guests, but he himself did not often visit here, he did not like heights.
"...In the spring of 1945, these places were mercilessly bombed by the British and Americans. They feared that Hitler might leave Berlin and create the Alpine Redoubt here in order to continue the war from the mountains. Kehlsteinhaus miraculously escaped bombing. Not a single bomb fell here .
On May 4, American troops entered Berchtesgaden and the "Eagle's Nest" became a popular place for soldiers to visit (for a while, only officers were allowed to ride the elevator, and the soldiers had to use the footpath).
For 10 years, this house was registered with the Americans. In 1952, they generally wanted to blow it up. But they still defended it, thanks to the then mayor of Berchtesgaden Theodor Jakob for this. Today the Kehlsteinhaus is open to visitors. It has been preserved in its original form and is a historical monument. Since 1960, the house has been owned by the tourist administration of the Berchtesgaden-Kö nigssee region... "
And so we went up the elevator and immediately got to the restaurant. We went out, looked around, really the place seemed to me unusual in all respects, starting with a narrow serpentine, a tunnel cut in the wall, a high-speed elevator ...And what views around!
To the left and right of the house are viewing platforms with views of the mountains and Koenigssee.
Lots of parents with kids. While sitting on a bench, I watched dad and daughter, 5-6 years old, but also, like dad with sticks. He told her: when you walk, do not look around, only under your feet. Here I put my foot, make sure that you stand firmly, only then you can look around ...And I thought for the umpteenth time how good it is that they teach children to sports from early childhood, and this little creature is walking with his backpack on his shoulders and not whimpers...
Well, as it should be, on the next top of the mountain there should be a cross, there is also here, here it is with edelweiss. By the way, while walking, I saw these flowers again, which caused such a stir on Mount Jenner, but here for some reason no one paid attention to them. It seems to me that this is not edelweiss at all, just some kind of mountain alpine flowers.
Nice place, we liked it. After a snack in the local cafe, we went to the bus stop at the agreed time.
We need to go back, the program for today has not yet been fully completed.
7. Marktschellenberg, Almbachklamm Gorge.
Almbachklamm
Kugelmuehlweg
83487 Marktschellenberg
http://www. Berchtesgaden. de/de/almbachklamm-und-kugelmhle
We entered the address into the navigator and drove off, we move across the bridge and to the left. There are already signs and cars are parked here, but there is no hint of the gorge either. Without stopping, we drive on, almost to Gasthof Kugelmuehle. Parking here is free. That's where we parked by the river. At the entrance to the Almbachklamm stands the Old Mill, which is over 300 years old.
We pass by a restaurant, on the right side of the ticket office, we buy tickets and "forward and with a song. " By the way, when we came back, the ticket office was already closed, it was about 8 pm. After the ticket office closes, admission is free. I don't know exactly when it closed.
At first, there is an almost flat path, it is very pleasant to walk along it. The gorge itself does not yet exist, the banks are not high, and people walk there at the very bottom: both adults and children.
Are they looking for something, or are they collecting it?
And then stairs, bridges begin ...rocks, along which streams of water flow down, forming a noisy stream.
The gorge is quite deep, quite narrow in places, and there are even small tunnels. The path basically goes up, a short descent and again up, up, up.
Basically, everything is well equipped, but there are sections without handrails, with a metal cable embedded in the rock to hold on to those who need it. But even here it is not dangerous to walk, if there is no dizziness, the path is not so narrow. Fortunately for us, at that time there were very few people walking in the gorge. There are also very narrow places there, and in order to disperse with oncoming people, someone will have to wait out the oncoming flow or snuggle up somewhere.
The entire gorge is three kilometers long in one direction, each separate section (Steg) is indicated by a number. We went only 14 stretches, then my knee went on strike and after some rest we returned back.
It was possible to walk to section 17, which is about half of the gorge, then go to Ettenberg, where a church is offered for inspection. Or up to section 19, to the big waterfall Sulzer Wasserfall or to the end, to the dam, and back in different directions. But since we are tied to the car, we can only return strictly back.
In general, that's all that we managed to see in 3 full days. We are delighted with all the places, we are still viewing photos and videos. The weather was wonderful, everything planned was carried out. But in a good way, you need to come here for a longer time, there are a lot of sights and beauties here.
Well, in conclusion, a little about restaurants and Schö nau am Koenigssee.
As I already wrote, it’s not far to walk from the parking lot to the pier, and we came here every evening, we really liked walking here. There is even a railway station here. Once upon a time, a narrow-gauge railway ran along the lake, and even a steam locomotive went along it.
Then it was dismantled, and all that was left was the station building, which now houses a restaurant.
From the pier you can clearly see the mountain of the Sleeping Witch Schlafende Hexe and a piece of the infamous bobsleigh track.
Not far from the parking lot is a monument to mountain goats. Is there a legend associated with them? But I couldn't find anything on the internet about it. The few streets of this place are not particularly crowded yet, it is not yet the season of holidays and vacations.
In a couple of restaurants we had lunch / dinner here, we especially liked it in the open air, with views of the lake.
This concludes our short trip, see you soon!
