Obersalzberg Monument Protection

[Geoff Walden]

Good news! It appears that FINALLY, the German authorities have recognized the historical significance of the Third Reich ruins on the Obersalzberg! All of them - not just the Eagle's Nest and the Documentation Center (which is mostly a modern construction anyway).

As part of the tenth anniversary of the Obersalzberg Documentation Center, there has been a lot of discussion in the media lately, as to why historical structures such as the Platterhof (Gen. Walker Hotel), the basements of the SS Kaserne, and the side wing of the Gutshof were torn down. There is ongoing discussion about including ALL the Obersalzberg Third Reich ruins under Denkmalschutz (historic monument protection). There has been some very interesting background history on monument protection published, such as - in 1979 and 1985, the Bavarian Finance Ministry refused to include the Obersalzberg structures under historic protection, and struck those that were previously on the list (such as the Platterhof and Gutshof).

It's too late for the structures/ruins noted earlier (plus others, such as the Teehaus ruins), but perhaps this will save what's left of the Gutshof, the Berghof site, and other ruins around there.

Here are some of the online media articles. (If you don't read German, Google does a fairly adequate job of translation.)

Geoff Walden


http://www.sueddeutsche.de/v5z38A/31086 ... uefen.html

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/586/491948/text/

http://www.berchtesgadener-anzeiger.de/ ... hp?id=5131

[CPB]

Geoff

That's fantastic news - thanks for posting up.

Chris

[Kunstler]

Sense prevails! Thanks for posting Geoff.

[b14ck]

yes thats good news but its a bit like closing the door after the horse has bolted

[Helly Angel]

Thanks Geoff for that good news!!!!

[bandrtodd]

I'm with everyone on the great news. But at the same time I'll also co-sign with b14ck about the barn door and the horse! I guess it's better late than never! Wonder if that means they can dig up the entrance in the retaining wall and open up the bunker rooms under it? Wishful thinking....but unfortunately you have to crawl before walking, and as long as it taken the government to crawl.....who knows when they will finally walk!

[ghostsoldier]

That is good news, Geoff....I am assuming that the authorities are finally coming to understand the Power of the Tourist Dollar?
Rob

[Maurice Laarman]

Hope this will also keep the Gasthaus Zum Türken in good order, once the family is no longer capable of running the hotel. I fear this will happen one day..

One could only wish they had seen the light some 15 years before. Last rumours were that they wanted to let all third reich buildings vanish.

Thanks for letting this know!

Maurice Laarman