Alpenhaus

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Basic data
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Arnsberg administrative district
County : District of Olpe
Municipality : Kirchhundem
Height : 650 m above sea level NN
Residents : 1   (December 31, 2016)
Alpenhaus from the southeast

Alpenhaus is a residential area in the northeast of the municipality of Kirchhundem . Originally built as the "Sauerlandhütte of the German and Austrian Alpine Club of the Essen Section ", it has been privately owned since late summer 2007. Since the full name was too unwieldy, the popular name Alpenhaus prevailed at an early stage , which has now also become the official place name. As of June 30, 2015 the place had 6 inhabitants, as of December 31, 2016 Alpenhaus had 1 inhabitant.

The hut was built as a refuge for mountain hikers, but is now also a destination for holidaymakers and locals from neighboring towns.

geography

Geographical location

The Alpenhaus is 650 m above sea level on the Woosthagen , a mountain saddle on the western slope of the 711 m high Kahle .

Neighboring places

The closest places are Oberhundem 3 km south, Stelborn 3 km west and Milchenbach, a district of the neighboring municipality of Lennestadt 3 km north-east.

history

As the previous work area of ​​the Essen section in the Seebertal in South Tyrol could no longer be used as a result of the First World War and the journey to the new huts in the Austrian Umbaltal took several days and was quite arduous, the idea of ​​a closer hut appeared in the replacement in 1929. Alps up. As a result of the closure of the border with Austria in June 1933, the huts in the Umbaltal could no longer be reached for the foreseeable future, and the plan for a mountain hut closer to home took on more concrete forms.

On May 5, 1934, a 2.17 hectare piece of land was purchased. The plans were adopted from the hut in the Umbal Valley that was built a few years earlier. The foundation stone was finally laid on July 1st of the same year, the topping-out ceremony was celebrated on September 30th and the inauguration ceremony took place at the turn of 1934/35.

After it soon became apparent that continuous cultivation was necessary, an extension with living and sleeping rooms for the cultivator was built in the following year.

Towards the end of the war, the hut served as accommodation for bombed-out people and refugees.

In 1950, modern technology was introduced - a telephone connection was installed. Since then, the hut has also been used as an accident and fire alarm center.

Culture and sights

Stelborn cliffs

Natural monuments

  • The Heilige Born rises about 700 m north on the way to Milchenbach , a spring that is said to have a healing effect, especially for eye disorders.
  • Shortly before Stelborn, in an old stand of deciduous trees, are the Stelborn cliffs , a rock formation made of ash and crystal tuffs that is registered as a nature reserve.

Regular events

Every year in August, a forest service takes place on the Holy Born , which is attended by many hikers.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Alpenhaus cannot be reached by public transport or on public roads. There is an access option for visitors from Stelborn with their own car, but it can also be snowed in during the winter months.

Hiking trails

The Sauerlandhütte is located directly on the main hiking route X18, the Christine-Koch-Weg of the Sauerland Mountain Association , which crosses the main hiking route X6, the Robert-Kolb-Weg , about 500 m away at Potsdamer Platz . The Rothaarsteig high-altitude hiking trail runs around 4 km away .

Personalities

Personalities who have worked on site

Representative here are:

  • Siegfried and Christel Federle, who ran the hut from 1948 to 1956 and whose transport donkey is still fondly remembered by many older residents. The shortest way from Oberhundem to the Alpenhaus is still popularly known today as the donkey path .
  • Günter Gollo and Edith Schäpers, who made the hut a popular excursion destination from 1975 to 1998, also for the residents of the surrounding villages.

literature

  • Unless stated by the author: 50 years of the Sauerlandhütte , publisher: Deutscher Alpenverein, Essen eV section, 20th year, issue 4, December 1984, Essen, 1984.
  • Philipp Reuter: From World War I to the Present Section The Sauerlandhütte in the Rothaar Mountains , in 50 Years Essen Section of the German and Austrian Alpine Club - 1886–1936 , p. 48 ff., Publisher: Essen Section of the German and Austrian Alpine Club, Essen, 1936.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alpenhaus. Kirchhundem parish .;
  2. ↑ 50 years of the Sauerlandhütte, publisher: German Alpine Association, Essen section, 20th year, issue 4, December 1984, Essen, 1984. Passim

Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′  N , 8 ° 11 ′  E