Eagle's Nest

Eagle's Nest is a very many things. The Eagle's Nest was the code name for Hitler's home in the German Alps[?].

The House

The so-called "Eagle's Nest" was built as a 50th birthday present to Adolf Hitler from the Nazi Party. Eagle's Nest in German is Kehlsteinhaus. The Kehlsteinhaus can only be reached by a 4 1/2 mile-long steep, treacherous road with hairpin curves which winds to the top of the mountain. This road, cut through the mountainside of solid rock and considered one of the world's greatest feats of highway engineering, is only accessible to buses which leave every half hour from the Hintereck parking lot on the Obersalzberg. The Obersalzberg, a wooded plateau about half a mile up the mountain, is reached by tour buses which leave regularly from the Berchtesgaden Post Office. Berchtesgaden is a picturesque Bavarian town located 98 miles southeast of Munich. The trip from Munich to Berchtesgaden by train takes 1 1/2 hours, and there are 12 trains leaving daily. The closest airport is in Salzberg, Austria which is 14 miles due north of Berchtesgaden.

Other Meanings of Eagle's Nest

It is also the name of a SCUBA resort in Florida and New York. Eagle's Nest enterprises is a real estate company. In addition, Eagle's Nest studios is the name of a Christian recording studio in Colorado. Eagle's Nest is also the name of a Polish import company.

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