Hannwarte

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Hannwarte around 1891

The Hannwarte meteorological station at the summit of the Hochobir in Carinthia was opened on October 10, 1891 - after several years of construction. It was named "Hannwarte" in honor of the internationally known meteorologist Julius von Hann - who had also actively supported its construction.

Remnants of the telegraph line (2020)

Already since 1846 weather observations have been carried out regularly in the Rainer refuge , which is located almost 100 meters below the summit . For a long time this was the highest measuring station of the Habsburg Monarchy, which had also had a telegraphic connection since 1882 - for the transmission of weather data. The remains of the old telegraph masts can still be seen today.

The Rainer refuge was destroyed by fire and devastation during the war in 1944, and measurements at the Hannwarte were discontinued in 1947. In order to save the former meteorological station from complete deterioration, the four by four meter base and the still existing metal frame were restored by the Austrian Tourist Club - Southern Carinthia section.

Hannwarte in summer 2006

From February 2006, the meteorological records from 1846 to 1947 from the summit of the Hochobir will be continued. A measuring station of the Carinthian avalanche warning service was set up on the metal frame of the Hannwarte, which records data on wind, temperature and humidity and sends the data from the "Rainer-Schutzhaus" station to the data server of the avalanche warning service in Klagenfurt every 45 minutes .

literature

The Rainer shelter and the telegraph line to the control room in the gazebo (1888)
  • F. (d. I. Felix) Auerbach :  Weather stations in the high mountains. In:  Journal of the German Alpine Association / Journal of the German and (the) Austrian Alpine Association , year 1889, (Volume XX), pp. 57–70. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / oav.
  • Hannwarte memorial plaque, put up by the Austrian Tourist Club - Southern Carinthia section.
  • Marianne Klemun : On the history of the oldest and highest meteorological stations of the Habsburg monarchy on the Obir (1846-1948) . In: The Hochobir . From: Natural Science Association for Carinthia (Hrsg.): Nature and History . Klagenfurt 1999, pp. 83-94 ( OBV ).
  • Julius Hann: The new meteorological station on the Obir summit and some results of the registration of the air temperature on the same in 1892. With a collotype board. In: Carinthia II. Communications from the Natural History State Museum for Carinthia. Volume 83, Issue 3, Klagenfurth 1893, pp. 73-80 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).

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Coordinates: 46 ° 30 ′ 22 ″  N , 14 ° 29 ′ 14 ″  E