57. View from Haus Wachenfeld towards the Untersberg.

Hitler, posing near the house, gazes thoughtfully across the valley in the direction of his birthplace, Austria. On a clear day the city of Salzburg in Austria was visible from Haus Wachenfeld. This may have been another reason for Hitler’s love of the Obersalzberg. In the background we see part of the Untersberg massif. Standing at 1,972 metres (6,470 feet) the Untersberg straddles the German/Austrian border.