Kührointalm

Kührointalm
	Managed Almkaser, National Park information point, private mountain hut and St. Bernhard chapel (from right to left)
location	Schönau am Königssee , Upper Bavaria
Mountains	Berchtesgaden Alps
Geographical location	47 ° 34 '16 " N , 12 ° 57' 41" E Coordinates: 47 ° 34 '16 " N , 12 ° 57' 41" E
height	1420 m above sea level NHN
surface	Alpine pasture 31 ha
Waters	own source and brook
climate	warm, precipitation 1500 mm / yr
flora	various grasses and herbs
use	bumped , entertained

Kührointalm with a view of small and large Watzmann

The Kührointalm is an alpine pasture at the foot of the Watzmann in the Berchtesgaden Alps . It is located in the area of the municipality of Schönau am Königssee , district Forst Königssee , directly on the border with the Ramsau district Ramsauer Forst .

In addition to two barracks, the Alm now includes the Federal Police Training Center Kührointhaus , a private mountain hut with overnight accommodation, an information point for the Berchtesgaden National Park and the St. Bernhard memorial chapel as well as a self-catering hut belonging to the Berchtesgaden DAV section .

Alm

The Kührointalm covers an alpine pasture of 3 hectares and is located in a basin-like, slightly undulating terrain step that opens to the northeast, partly in the form of a humpback meadow . It is owned by the state and is pushed . The annual rainfall is 1500 mm. The Avalanche Warning Service Bavaria operates an automatic measuring station .

Mountain Victims Memorial Chapel St. Bernhard

Immediately next to the Kührointhütte is the small St. Bernhard memorial chapel. This was built in the 1990s and consecrated to Saint Bernard of Menthon on September 11, 1999 . It commemorates the more than 1000 well-known mountain hikers and mountaineers who perished in the Berchtesgaden Alps. The sculptures of saints in the chapel were created in the wood carving school in Berchtesgaden. There is a vertical sundial in the entrance area of the chapel (southeast) .

National park information point

The highest information point in the Berchtesgaden National Park is located in an outbuilding of the private mountain hut. This was opened in 2007 by the then Bavarian Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber and provides interesting information on the subject of mixed mountain forests in the national park.

Private mountain hut

The Kührointhütte belongs to the Berchtesgaden National Park and is operated by a private leaseholder. The hut is open throughout the summer, a total of 30 people can stay there.

DAV self-catering hut

The self-catering hut of the Berchtesgaden section of the DAV , also known as the Kührointhütte , is located in one of the alpine barns and is only available to section members.

Development

The Alm is accessed by a forest road that is closed to public motor vehicle traffic, mountain bikes are permitted. The Alm can be reached on foot

from Gasthaus Hammerstiel ( 780 m above sea level , parking lot) via Schappbachalm, easy, walking time: 2 hours
from the Wimbach bridge in Ramsau ( 640 m above sea level , parking lot) via Schappbachalm, easy, walking time: 2½ hours
from Königssee (place, 605 m above sea level ): Klingerweg via Klingeralm and Sommerbichl, easy, walking time: 2½ hours
from St. Bartholomä ( 605 m above sea level , only accessible by boat) via the Rinnkendlsteig, difficult mountain climb, walking time: 3 hours

Transitions

Grünsteinhütte ( 1200 m above sea level ) via high trail, easy, walking time: 1½ hours
Watzmannhaus ( 1930 m above sea level ) via Falzalm , medium, walking time: 2 hours

Climbing peaks and viewing points

Ark pulpit with a view of St. Bartholomä , Königssee and Steinernes Meer .
Mooslahner ( 1815 m above sea level ), Hüttengipfel, easy, walking time: 1 hour
Grünstein ( 1305 m above sea level ) via Grünsteinhütte, easy, walking time: 1¾ hours
Kleiner Watzmann ( 2310 m above sea level ), difficulty level II according to UIAA , marked, unsecured, walking time: 3 hours
Great Watzmann

literature

Bernhard Kühnhauser: Alpine Club Guide Berchtesgaden Alps with Hochkönig . 20th edition. Bergverlag Rother , Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-7633-1127-9 , pp. 64 .

Web links

Commons : Kührointalm - collection of images, videos and audio files

Kührointalm . In: Agricultural and cultural heritage database . Society for Agricultural History

Individual evidence

↑ Avalanche warning center in the Bavarian State Office for the Environment: Kühroint measuring station
↑ Website of the Archdiocese of Munich on the St. Bernhard memorial chapel on Kühroint , accessed on August 6, 2019
↑ 20 years of the Kühroint memorial chapel. Retrieved August 22, 2020 .
↑ https://www.kuehroint.com/
↑ DAV-Berchtesgaden.de: Our section hut on the Kühroint Alm
↑ The Rinnkendl-Steig: From Königssee to Kühroint. Retrieved August 22, 2020 .

[1] Avalanche warning center in the Bavarian State Office for the Environment: Kühroint measuring station

[2] Website of the Archdiocese of Munich on the St. Bernhard memorial chapel on Kühroint , accessed on August 6, 2019

[3] 20 years of the Kühroint memorial chapel. Retrieved August 22, 2020 .

[4] ttps://www.kuehroint.com/

[5] DAV-Berchtesgaden.de: Our section hut on the Kühroint Alm

[6] The Rinnkendl-Steig: From Königssee to Kühroint. Retrieved August 22, 2020 .