Berchtesgaden

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Berchtesgaden

Total population

7,741

Air quality index

33Good

Coordinates47.63°, 13.00°

Demographic figures from Destatis. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Berchtesgaden is a municipality in the district Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany, near the border with Austria, 30 km (19 mi) south of Salzburg and 180 km (110 mi) southeast of Munich. It lies in the Berchtesgaden Alps. South of the town, the Berchtesgaden National Park stretches along three parallel valleys.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Christa Zechmeister

Olympic skier

Princess Irmingard of Bavaria

Bavarian Royal (1923-2010)

Tobias Arlt

German luger

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Peter Roth

German alpine skier

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Wolfgang Bartels

alpine skier (1940–2007)

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Hans Stangassinger

German luger

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Heidi Renoth

snowboarder

Josef Fendt

German luger

Manuel Machata

German bobsledder (born 1984)

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Karl Angerer

German bobsledder

M

Michi Halilovic

German skeleton racer

M

Maria Reiter

Adolf Hitler's love interest (1909-1992)

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Ulrike Stanggassinger

German alpine skier

H

Hans Brandner

German luger

P

Peter Öttl

German motorcycle racer

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Andrea Fendt

German luger

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Gallery

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