Teahouse on Mooslahnerkopf Hill

After architect Roderich Fick had expanded the house Wachenfeld to the Berghof for Hitler in 1936, Martin Bormann commissioned him to construct the tea house on Mooslahnerkopf not far from the domicile on Obersalzberg. In the catalog of works, however, it is listed as a "teahouse on Moslahnerkopf" as well as in the architectural plans and in the memories of Eva Braun.^[1] The cylindrical teahouse was built in 1937 and was Hitler's favourite destination which he, in contrast to the Kehlsteinhaus (Eagle's Nest), used nearly every afternoon. On April 25, 1945, the area on the Obersalzberg was attacked by the Royal Air Force. The teahouse was not hit. The house was destroyed and demolished by the Americans in 1951–1952, to prevent it being used as a memorial to Hitler.

The teahouse was built directly on the hillside, a foothill of the Hoher Göll. The central basement had a diameter of nine metres and was illuminated by three large windows, which also allowed a limited panoramic view in the Berchtesgadener basin. A power supply, water connection, and a sewer were also installed. The entrance to the round teahouse was on the hillside. In the middle stood a circular table, arranged around the upholstered armchair. There was additional seating around the central furniture. The rotunda was followed by a 12-meter-long, hexagonal farm building. In the further area — not visible to guests hidden in the surrounding forest — there were single-person air raid shelters and buildings for the guards.^[2]