Located in the German state of Bavaria, close to the Austrian border, Obersalzberg in the 19th century was one of the earliest tourist destinations in the Berchtesgaden Alps.
After the withdrawal of the US forces in 1996, the Bavarian state government resumed its plans to have a luxury hotel erected, but also a documentation center on the Nazi past in order to prevent the re-opened area becoming a pilgrimage site for Neo-Nazis.