Berchtesgaden

[von Poop]

Originally Posted by Arsenal vg-33

Just a quick note before running off to work - I've read several accounts of who it was that arrived there first, and I'm inclined to believe that it was quite possible the 3rd Inf. arrived first, followed by the French 2nd DB. The French were certainly already there before the 101st, even if it was only for a short period.

That site would agree very strongly with you.
They seem to have had quite a dispute with Ambrose about their (the 3rd) claim to the honour.

[Tom Canning]

Owen - they won't see too much as the famous gazebo is in the grounds of the American Consul/Embassy and is now out of bounds - the Wedding Cathedral is at Mond see - miles away - but the Benedictine Monastery at Melks is well worth a visit, as is the other one further down the Danube at Krems...or the other way - past Berchtesgaden - is Oberammergau where the Passion play is enacted every ten years - all good stuff around that area Richard 111 's jail when Blondin found him.....