Hotel Zum Turken
The building wasn’t a hotel from start, it’s name was originally “Türkenhäusl” (Turkish home) and is named after the veterans returning from the 1683 war against the Turks. From 1911 is was converted into a popular guest house where Adolf Hitler and Dietrich Eckart lunched in 1923. In the Late 1920 Adolf Hitler and his henchmen took over the Obersalzberg near Berchtesgaden and the Hotel zum Turken was under Nazi rule, the owner was shooed off. The SS took over at first with guard duties to protect the Fuhrer, later the Reichsicherheitsdienst (National security service) moved in. It was the SS headquarters of the Obersalzberg throughout the war. The hotel zum Turken was destroyed in the Allied bombing of 1945 but rebuild after the war.
Next to the hotel zum Turken is a little guardhouse from the Nazi era. This little building was a guard post for the SS soldiers on duty on the Obersalzberg next to their headquarters.
Visit
Today there are tunnels to be seen leading to Adolf Hitlers quarters “The Berghof”. Hotel zum Turken was for sale a few years ago and got a new owner, check out the website if the tunnels or the hotel can be visited.
