Bergen is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Traunstein and the seat of the Bergen administrative community. The climatic health resort is located in Chiemgau, at the foot of the Hochfelln and was already inhabited before the birth of Christ. From the first to the fifth century AD, it was part of the Roman Empire and was first mentioned in a document of the Archbishopric of Salzburg in 924 as Perch or Perga. The history of the village is inextricably linked to the Bergen ironworks (Maximilianshütte since 1824) founded by Pankraz von Freyberg zu Hohenaschau in 1562. It was one of the largest ironworks in southern Germany and an industrial centre of the Chiemgau region until its closure in 1932. Since the 1950s, tourism has become more important. The Topotheque provides an insight into the hard working world of the Maxhütten workers at the turn of the century as well as into the cheerful social life of the recent past – the custom of the ‘Pfannenflicker-Tanz’ is particularly noteworthy – see for yourself!