Das Kehlsteinhaus - "The Hitler's Tea House, known to Americans
as "the Eagle's Nest" Das Kehlsteinhaus is the famous Teehaus
(Teahouse in English) which was built on the Kehlstein mountain
in the Bavarian Alps by the Nazis as a gift to Adolph Hitler for
his 50ieth birthday. Construction was completed by September
1938, seven months before the building was officially presented
to Hitler as a birthday gift on April 20, 1939 by the Nazi
party. Widely known to Americans as The Eagle's Nest, the house
is one of Germany's top tourist attractions and can be reached
by a Tour bus from Munich. The old photo above shows the east
side of the Eagle's Nest with the patio that was added in the
1960ies in the foreground. Taken in late Spring, the photo shows
the yellow flowers of a sweet broom bush in bloom in the
foreground. The tower in the center of the building is the
Windenstube (Winch chamber) which houses the engine and the
winch for the wire rope that lifts the elevator from the parking
lot up to the building. Jutt