braunau am inn, austria, AT

after the highway from the german side was drawn from munich almost to the austrian border at the inn river at braunau few years ago, i usually use this shortest way to pressburg, slovakia even if there is a huge part from the austrian side without a highway. and yes, especially the border control at braunau is faster than the border control when coming back from SK + AT to DE via salzburg

yesterday i just wanted to look up few old pictures abt braunau, but i couldnt find that pictures i was thinking of ... well, i've had to go back in time and found a trace about our short trip for dinner in braunau at our way back from all hollows in slovakia in november 2022.  .,,,  so i've uploaded the braunau pictures from june 2020 and november 2022 today😄

enjoy few views of (hitler's birth city) braunau am inn in austria (AT) below. well, i remember a yellow picture from his birth house with a huge stone from the concentration camp mauthausen in front of it my parents made some 30 years ago. i'm not going to search for it in my albums with paper photographs before the digital era begun ... as far as i know his birth house was later destroyed and the rock removed in order not to support any kind of nazi tourism. if interested, you'll find such pictures on the internet if you asked me ...

braunau, june 2020 as seen from simbach, DE

the inn river is the DE-AT border, june 2020

casino + bordello + petrol station = the new DE-AT-border

border crossing today, july 24th, 2025

my favorite petrol station jet close to the border, march 2025

the very city center braunau, österreich, AT

braunau, november 2022

at the 1st floor is the historical restaurant we went to

braunau am inn, city center, november 2022

gasthaus zum schiff ~ braunau, november 2022

lets cross the inn river for good ...

few more pictures here.

jenner 1874m

well, after bad reichenhall and königssee, we have finally made it up to the jenner peak ~  1874m. ok, we went up by cable car and hiked then upwards around :-)

königssee + watzmann massive

jennerbahnhütte, 1800m

two of us

 eagle's perspective?

königssee + berchtesgadener land

kehlsteinhaus, 1834m, hitler's eagle's nest on the neighbour mountain obersalzberg

inside the schneibsteinhaus

1 of us

more pictures here 

rich man meets refugee

when in bad reichenhall, do not forget to visit the beuatiful lake königssee (close to berchtesgaden, southeast bavaria). for me it was a very special reencounter after 26 years :-)

then: poor refugee with no money, no legal status to stay in the country (germany), no clue what the future brings especially if the german authorities will send me back into socialistic czechoslovakia (that would mean jail or worse back in 1988)

today: quite well situated man with the best of all wives, two nice almost self-reliant daughters and most of the stuff people usually dream about ...

#nooneisillegal poor non-citizens / refugees in munich (hunger strike 2013)

 lake königssee as seen from malerwinkl

electric passenger boats @ konigsee

the old refugee camp is still there, now empty

never been inside even if it is only some 30 meters from my old refugee home

village königssee

jenner 1874m = right mountain, hitler's eagle's nest kehlsteinhaus 1834m at the left mountain obersalzberg

coffee break in cafe malerwinkl

a crazy refugee ~ going to swim in a 14.2 degrees celsius cold alp lake in the middle of october. it was not the summit of my crazyness. just two years later i swum in lake königssee in early december by outside temperature of minus 1 degree celsius and water temperature of +3⁰C ⛄

lake königssee + the watzmann massive

good-bye konigssee

more pictures here.

eof