Berchtesgaden (deu)

Berchtesgaden

Berchtesgaden ranks 1,609th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Taranto, Martigues, and Nordhausen, Thuringia. Memorable people born in Berchtesgaden include Maria Reiter, Franz Pfnür, and Georg Hackl. Memorable people who died in Berchtesgaden include Paula Hitler, Dietrich Eckart, and Ludovico Scarfiotti. Berchtesgaden has been the birth place of many athletes, and skiers and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Berchtesgaden is located in Germany.

Berchtesgaden is a municipality in the district Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany, near the border with Austria, 30 km (19 mi) south of Salzburg and 180 km (110 mi) southeast of Munich. It lies in the Berchtesgaden Alps. South of the town, the Berchtesgaden National Park stretches along three parallel valleys. Read more on Wikipedia