This train tunnel was built during the Second World War and was supposed to connect Berchtesgaden to Salzburg in Austria. The rail was partly finished at the end of the war and the tunnel was mainly used as bomb shelter.
When the U.S. Army liberated Berchtesgaden they found Hermann Göring’s luxury train inside it, packed with stolen art. Göring was a fanatic art collector, or rather art robber, and had countless pieces of art from all over Europe and the Soviet Union confiscated for his personal collection. At war’s end his looted art was found stored in trains, or in his properties.
In 2015 there was a construction site in front of the train tunnel so unfortunately we could not get close.
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As you can see the train tunnel is sealed off with a fence. You can peek inside but there is nothing of interest here.
