A teenager in Germany can keep a 500-gram (17.6-ounce) bar of gold that she found in an Alpine lake last year and handed in to police. Police in Berchtesgaden on Thursday confirmed a report in ...

At the deepest point of the tour – 130 metres below sea level – is the Mirror Lake, a mile-long brine lake encircled by total darkness. Its surface is as smooth as glass in the breezeless cavern.

She retrieved the bar from just two metres beneath the water's surface and immediately handed it in to the police in Berchtesgaden, Germany. The gold bar, which is 6cm and weighs 17.6 ounces ...

At the mouth of the Berchtesgaden National Park, surrounded by the Alps, lies Königssee. This 8 km long, 1250 m wide and 190 m deep lake is a must-see while visiting Bavaria. Location: Lake ...

A team is trying to rescue a 52-year-old man injured in a rock fall in a 1000m-deep (3,280ft) cave in Germany, in an operation that could take days.