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Sites on the Tegernsee
Lake
The Tegernsee is a
picturesque lake surrounded by mountains, south of Munich. Several high-ranking
Nazis had homes around the lake, and various local sites figured in Third Reich
history.
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| One of
the earliest Nazi flags was displayed on the shores of the Tegernsee
in 1920. In the background is the church at Rottach, at the south end of
the lake. (Google
Maps link) |
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| The most
famous Third Reich site on the Tegernsee was the former Kurheim
Hanselbauer in Bad Wiessee. Here, on 30 June 1934, Hitler arrested his
SA (Storm Trooper) chief Ernst Röhm, charged with plotting to overthrow
the Führer. In the subsequent purging of the SA (Brown Shirts), known
to history as the "Night of the Long Knives," over 100 of
Hitler's enemies were killed. Röhm and his SA leaders, who had been
enjoying themselves at the Bad Wiessee getaway, were taken to Munich and
thrown into prison. Röhm was given the choice of shooting himself but
he refused, so Hitler gave the order to execute him on 1 July
1934. (Note - This historic building was torn down sometime between
2015 and 2020, and no longer exists.) (Google
Maps link) |
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| Another
view of the former Pension Hanselbauer, and a close-up of Ernst Röhm's
grave marker in Munich. |
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| This
school and adjacent firehouse were built in Bad Wiessee in 1934-35 as
the first Nazi "Landschule." Both buildings continue to serve
the same purposes today. (MapQuest
Map Link) |
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| The post
office in Gmund am Tegernsee was built in 1939, featuring a wall
painting by Georg Demmel. The building is almost entirely unchanged
today. (Google
Maps link) |
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| Many of the National Socialist elite had
homes around the Tegernsee. On the left is a May 1945 view of SS Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler's
house "Lindenfycht" near the lake shore in Gmund. Himmler's
wife Marga (Margarete) and daughter Gudrun lived here during the Third
Reich period. The house is today nearly obscured by trees,
but a partial view can be gained from the road. (US National Archives, RG
111SC-207089, courtesy Marc
Romanych)
(Google
Maps link) |
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This spacious house in St. Quirin am
Tegernsee belonged to Nazi publishing chief Max Amman.
Today it is a private residence. (Google
Maps link)
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| Just
down the road from Amman's house in St. Quirin is a house that was
described on period postcards as "Adolf Hitler's Aufenthalt am
Tegernsee." It is unclear who owned this house, and whether Hitler
actually overnighted there, or just stopped in when he visited the
Tegernsee. (period postcards) |
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