Baumgartnerhaus
| Baumgartnerhaus | ||
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 The Baumgartnerhaus around 1900 |
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| location | Krummbachsattel; Lower Austria ; Valley location: Reichenau an der Rax | |
| Mountain range | Rax Schneeberg Group | |
| Geographical location: | 47 ° 45 '6.9 " N , 15 ° 50' 5.9" E | |
| Altitude | 1447 m above sea level A. | |
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| builder | Austrian Tourist Club | |
| Built | Enlarged in 1839, 1879 and 1880 | |
| Construction type | Refuge | |
| Usual opening times | tore off | |
The Baumgartnerhaus was a refuge of ÖTK on the Schneeberg .
location
The Baumgartnerhaus was about 1200 meters west of the Baumgartner station at an altitude of 1447 m above sea level. A. north over the Krummbachsattel in the municipality of Reichenau an der Rax . Despite its location on the south side of the Schneeberg, the Baumgartnerhaus was easily accessible from all sides via several paths, including from the north, from the Puchberg basin via the Kaltwassersattel. The hut was on the southern Grafensteig, which crosses the south side of the Schneeberg, and was the starting point for the Emmy and Fischersteig to the Waxriegel ( 1888 m ). In winter the hut was the starting point for ski tours through the Heuplagge, the Großer Saugraben and the Kuhplagge on the south side, but the runs on the north side of the Schneeberg were also easily accessible.
history
The wood master Georg Baumgartner built an inn in 1839 above the Krummbach saddle, which burned down in 1850. It was built from scratch and soon put back into operation. In 1869 the Obernberg union bought the house, in 1872 the ÖTK bought it. In 1879 and 1880 the house was enlarged and inaugurated on August 15, 1880 in the presence of Archduke Karl Ludwig .
In 1884 Julius Kronich and his wife Gertrude took over the lease and lived with their 5 children, including Camillo Kronich , all year round on the Baumgartnerhaus. Kronich also worked as a mountain guide and as an arranger of Christmas parties and balls on the mountain pasture . In Kronich's apartment there was a piano that was used to give evening concerts. Because of her husband's ongoing infidelity, Gertrude Kronich left the Baumgartnerhaus with her children in 1893, while her husband remained the tenant until 1897.
With the construction of the cog railway in 1897, the Baumgartnerhaus could be easily reached from the Baumgartner station in about a quarter of an hour.
From 1922 the Austrian Tourist Club (ÖTK) had appointed the Zillertal host Andreas Geisler from Mayrhofen and his brother Friedl Geisler as tenants of the Baumgartnerhaus. Friedl Geisler ran the Baumgartnerhaus with his humorous wife Eva, who was also very popular in Viennese circles, but who died in 1929 at the age of 34. Friedl Geisler then ran the ironworks from 1931 to 1938 as the sole tenant.
The Baumgartnerhaus was the largest accommodation on the Schneeberg, managed all year round and at the height of use in 1958 had over 200 beds, 80 beds, 78 mattress dormitories and 60 emergency dormitories.
The Schneeberg gradually lost its attraction, motorization and increasing prosperity brought more distant goals into focus. Visits to the Schneeberg and Baumgartnerhaus fell, the number of overnight stays fell, and the hut became less attractive for tenants. In addition, there were necessary renovations and environmental protection requirements of MA 31 (Wiener Wasserwerke), the landowner of large parts of the spring protection areas of the Viennese spring water pipeline . Pressure from the water authority led to the closure of the Baumgartnerhaus in 1980, its sale to the municipality of Vienna and its demolition in 1982.
Today only a few remains of the wall can be seen at the former location.
literature
- Franz Hauleitner: The Schneeberg: a guide through the Schneeberg area . Gerlach & Wiedling, Vienna 1973, p. 122 ff . ( RZ 220).
- Otto Braun: People on the mountain. Hut owners on Schneeberg and Rax, then and now . In: German and Austrian Alpine Association and Alpine Association South Tyrol (Ed.): Berg '94. Alpine Club Yearbook . 1994, ISSN 0179-1419 , pp. 240 .
Web links
- Baumgartner House. Hütten-Standblätter 1932. Historical Alpine Archive, 1932, accessed on December 6, 2013 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Werner Tippelt, Bernhard Baumgartner: Skiing in Lower Austria . Niederösterreichisches Pressehaus Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, St. Pölten, 1979. ISBN 3-85326-484-0 . RZ 93 and 94
- ^ Adolf Mokrejs: The Viennese local mountains . Pichler Verlag, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85431-239-3 , p. 80 .
- ↑ Original location Baumgartnerhaus. In: Lower Austria Atlas. Retrieved December 14, 2013 .
