Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have swapped baguettes for bratwurst. The A-list amours and their six-pack of ankle-biters have departed the $70 million French chateau they've been holed up in since the spring and taken up residence in a smaller but still spectacularly palatial estate in Germany.

Brad and Angelina's new German estate

People reports Brad, Angelina and their well-traveled bunch -- Maddox, 7, Pax, 4, Zahara, 3, Shiloh, 2, and 2-month-old twins Vivienne and Knox -- arrived in Berlin on Tuesday afternoon on a private plane, with plans to settle into the sprawling Palais Parkschloss, located south of the city on the picturesque (we're assuming) Wannsee lake.

The family is in Germany so the actor can play war for Quentin Tarantino in "Inglorious Bastards," which boasts an oddball cast that includes Mike Myers, Diane Kruger and "Hostel" director Eli Roth (Brad was snapped meeting with the filmmaker and some of his cast mates on Wednesday night).

The amenities at the Jolie-Pitts' new pad should help ease their transition from France. Not only will the kids have 30,000 square feet to run around in (our suggestion: outfit them with GPS devices), but the compound also has a helicopter pad, boat dock and private chef.

According to the German newspaper Bild, 14 security guards will patrol the already-well-fortified property, which was reportedly leased in years past by both Tom Cruise and Steven Seagal (the portly onetime action star was accused of damaging the property). Word is, the residence rents for about $40,000 a month.

The family is expected to remain in Germany for about three months, although Jolie will soon be on the move again. She's about to hit the interview circuit to begin promoting "The Changeling," making her post-twins red carpet debut on Oct. 4 at the New York premiere of the Oscar buzz-generating Clint Eastwood drama.

Meanwhile, in between what must have been a daunting relocation operation (the toys alone probably required a week of packing), Brad and Angelina have reportedly written a million-dollar check to the Human Rights Watch in order to aid the organization's efforts in Burma and Zimbabwe.

Brad, with Maddox and Pax, arrives at the Venice Film Festival last month.

And don't be surprised if those two countries end up on the long list of places from where the kiddie chaos-surrounded squeezes are supposedly looking to adopt (previous rumors have had them searching in China, Brazil, Guatemala and New Orleans).

In a story we urge you to take with a diaper genie-sized grain of salt, the Chicago Sun-Times claims the Jolie-Pitts are "actively thinking" about adopting a tyke from Namibia, the birthplace of Shiloh, or perhaps a Latin American country such as Bolivia or Paraguay.

A heaping boulder of salt is also needed for In Touch's current "Have They Split?" cover story.

Last week, the ridiculously famous and fertile flames were quick to quash breakup reports, but the mag is still convinced there's trouble in poopie-pantsed paradise, which supposedly culminated in a "blowout fight" at their French estate on Sept. 11.

"She told Brad they were over," alleges an eyewitness (that should narrow the snitch search down considerably, given how few people are allowed into the inner sanctum, right?). "She said she didn't want to be with him any more and said she wanted to split."

All of which seems pretty unlikely given the clan's big move to Berlin.

Anyhoo, if you want a palate cleanser after the tabloid talk, be sure to check out Pitt in total goofball mode -- and hee-larious yellow duds -- during a recent shoot for a cell phone commercial in France.