Berchtesgaden (pop. 8,345) is a German health spa and market town in the Bavarian Alps. It is on the Ache River, near the Austrian border. An old salt mine in the town is open to visitors.
The German dictator Adolf Hitler had a home in the mountains near Berchtesgaden. In 1938, Hitler and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain met there. Their meeting resulted in the Munich Conference.
