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
The King of the Golden Mountain The King of the Golden Mountain "The King of the Golden Mountain" () is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in "Grimm's Fairy Tales". Tale 92 in the standard Grimm numbering, it is Aarne-Thompson type 401A, the enchanted princess in her castle. It includes elements from type 810, the devil loses a soul that was promised him; type 560, the magic ring; and type 518, quarreling giants lose their magic objects. The main version anthologized was taken down from a soldier; there is also a variant collected from Zwehrn () whose storyline summarized by Grimm in his