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
Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden and is used annually by about 330,000 visitors. The track length of the visitor mine is about 1400 meters and vehicles used for passenger transport are from 1995. The track is powered by a direct current of 400 volts supplied via a lateral current rail. "Article contains translated text from on the German Wikipedia retrieved on 25 February 2017." Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden is the oldest active salt mine in Germany, in which salt is mainly extracted in the wet, and also a showcase in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria. The salt mining industry in Berchtesgaden formed before the 13th century and was