Memorials and Monkeys

More from Berchtesgaden, which is a very attractive town in and of itself. Its setting in the mountains only adds to its charm. We were looking for two more things: the war memorial painting, and the Lüftlmalerei monkey building.

You can find Lüftlmalerei all over this part of Bavaria-- it's the painting on all the buildings. What we were looking for is the house with the monkey paintings. The story goes, back when the owner of this house commissioned the work, he stiffed the artist. The artist then came back, and painted monkey heads over the faces of all the completed figures. True or not, the monkeys are there.

Berchtesgaden has a prominent Lüftlmalerei war memorial, which was much easier to find than the monkey building.Read more