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Tree houses or tree forts are platforms or buildings constructed around, next to or among the trunk or branches of one or more mature trees while above ground level. Tree houses can be used for recreation, work space, habitation, observation or as temporary retreats. Tree houses are built usually by people for leisure purposes, also for protection from wild animals. In some parts of the tropics, houses are either fastened to trees or elevated on stilts to keep the living quarters above the ground to protect occupants and stored food from scavenging animals. Source
Berchtesgaden
National Park is in the south of Germany, on its border with Austria, in
the municipalities of Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden and Schonau am Konigsee, Berchtesgadener
Land, Free State of Bavaria. The national park was established in 1978 to
protect the landscapes of the Berchtesgaden Alps. Headquartered in the town of Berchtesgaden, the park was designated a UNESCO Biosphere
Reserve in 1990. The first nature conservation area in the
Berchtesgaden Alps was created in what is currently the southeastern part of
the park in 1910. It had an area of 8,600 hectares and was organized according to the model of
National Parks in the United States. In 1919, the mountain hotel of St.
Bartolomew was built. In March 1921, the area was expanded to 20,400 hectares.
At the time, it included both the Watzmann and the Hochkalter. During World War
II, Hermann Goring, who, among other responsibilities, was the State Minister
of Forestry and Hunting, declared the area around Obersee a particularly
protected natural conservation area. Source
The Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast. With an area of 70,548 square kilometres, it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20 percent of the total land area of Germany. Bavaria is Germany's second most populous state (after North Rhine-Westphalia), with 12.5 million inhabitants. Bavaria's capital and largest city is Munich, the third largest city in Germany. The History of Bavaria stretches from its earliest settlement and its formation as a stem duchy in the 6th century through its inclusion in the Holy Roman Empires to its status as an independent kingdom and finally as a large Bundesland (state) of the modern, re-united Federal Republic of Germany. The earliest proof for the existence of Bavaria having been established as a stem duchy dates back to the year 555. In the 17th century, the Duke of Bavaria became a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Source
