Berchtesgaden Alps Berchtesgaden, known for the former Berghof residence of Adolf Hitler. The picturesque heart is formed by the glacial Königssee lake with the famous St. Bartholomew's pilgrimage church and the smaller Obersee, both part of the Berchtesgaden National Park established in 1978. The range also comprises glaciers like the Blaueis as well as the Steinernes Meer high karst plateau. The most important summits of the Berchtesgaden Alps are (groups in order of height): The Berchtesgaden Alps border on the following other mountain groups of the Alps: The "Berchtesgaden Alps" are included under this name in the generally accepted Alpine Club classification
Congregation of Retreat of the Sacred Heart Congregation of Retreat of the Sacred Heart The Congregation of Retreat of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic congregation founded in 1678 under the name of the Institute of Retreat, at Quimper, in Brittany, by Mademoiselle Claude-Thérèse de Kerméno under the direction of the Jesuit Father Huby. The holy foundress having made a retreat in a convent which accommodated ladies who desired to retire from the world and follow the exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, conceived the idea of founding a similar convent at Quimper. Later the sisters took the name of the Dames de la retraite. During