Berchtesgaden gave rise to "Malereck" ("painters' corner") on the shore of Königssee in nearby Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden. The most famous author who lived in Berchtesgaden was Ludwig Ganghofer. Adolf Hitler had been vacationing in the Berchtesgaden area since the 1920s. He purchased a home in the Obersalzberg above the town on the flank of the Hoher Goll and began extensive renovations on his "Berghof" in the following years. As other top Third Reich figures such as Hermann Göring, Joseph Goebbels, Martin Bormann, Heinrich Himmler and Albert Speer began to frequent the area the Party began to purchase and requisition land in
Fortified Sector of the Vosges is open to the public under the guidance of the SILE "(Syndicat d'Initiative de Lembach et Environs)" association. Lembach is privately owned and reported to be in poor condition. Grand-Hohékirkel is on military land and is not accessible to the public. The casemates of Dambach Nord and Dambach Sud are open for visitation, along with a trail system through the Schwartzbach valley. Fortified Sector of the Vosges The Fortified Sector of the Vosges ("Secteur Fortifiée des Vosges") was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the Maginot Line at the northern end of the Vosges Mountains