Hans Berger House

Hans Berger House NFI Hut
Hans-Berger-Haus in the rear of the Kaisertal
location	at the foot of Totenkirchl , Karlspitzen and Ellmauer Halt ; Tyrol , Austria
Mountain range	Kaiser Mountains
Geographical location:	47 ° 34 ′ 41 ″  N , 12 ° 17 ′ 7 ″  E Coordinates: 47 ° 34 ′ 41 ″  N , 12 ° 17 ′ 7 ″  E
Altitude	940  m above sea level A.
owner	TVN - Kufstein Section
Construction type	hut
Usual opening times	Mid May to mid October
accommodation	20 beds, 45  camps
Web link	Site of the hut
Hut directory	NFI

The Hans-Berger-Haus (also: Hans-Berger-Hütte , formerly: Kaisertalhütte ) is a refuge of the Austrian tourist association Naturfreunde , section Kufstein in the Kaiser Mountains in Tyrol . The tenants run a mountaineering school.

location

The hut is located at an altitude of 940 meters in the rearmost Kaisertal at the foot of Totenkirchl , Karlspitzen and Ellmauer Halt . The backdrop of these mighty rock peaks is unmistakable. The Hans-Berger-Haus is a popular destination for hikers and an important base for mountaineers and climbers who undertake longer tours in the Wilder Kaiser from here. The Anton-Karg-Haus of the Austrian Alpine Club is only a 15-minute walk away .

history

On March 13, 1911, the Kufstein local group of friends of nature came into being. Their endeavors to own their own refuge were only successful twenty years later, when on July 30, 1931 the application for a building site was accepted by the municipality of Kufstein.

The refuge was officially opened on July 17, 1933 as the Kaisertalhütte ; on October 2, 1933, a festival took place on the occasion of the "completed enlargement". At the same time, the decision to build a “large accommodation house” was already made.

After a generous expansion in 1956, the Kaisertalhütte was renamed the Hans-Berger-Haus in honor of the long-time local group chairman. It has been the seat of the Wilder Kaiser mountaineering school since 1968. The house was completely rebuilt and modernized again in 2009.

Approaches

The hut trail (450 meters in altitude ) begins in Kufstein- Sparchen and leads past Veitenhof, Pfandlhof, Antoniuskapelle and Anton-Karg-Haus without difficulty through the entire Kaisertal in around 2½ hours to the Hans-Berger-Haus.

It is also possible to approach from the Griesner Alm in the Kaiserbachtal . However, you first have to climb 600 meters in altitude to the Stripsenjochhaus, from there it is a good 600 meters down to the Hans-Berger-Haus, walking time three hours.

Transitions

• Anton-Karg-Haus (829 m), walking time: 15 minutes
• Kaindlhütte (1,318 m), via Bettlersteig, medium, walking time: 2½ hours
• Vorderkaiserfeldenhütte (1,388 m), via Hechleitalm, easy, walking time: 2½ hours
• Stripsenjochhaus (1,577 m), easy, walking time: 1½ hours
• Gruttenhütte (1,620 m), via Hohen Winkel and Kopftörl, difficult, walking time: 5 hours
• Gruttenhütte (1,620 m), via Scharlinger Boden, Rote-Rinn-Scharte, difficult, walking time: 5 hours

Mountaineering

• Ellmauer Halt (2,344 m), via Kaiserschützensteig, walking time: 5 hours
• Ellmauer Halt (2,344 m), over Rote-Rinn-Scharte, walking time: 4½ hours
• Small stop (2,116 m), via Kaiserschützensteig, walking time: 3 hours
• Gamshalt (2,291 m), via Kaiserschützensteig, walking time: 4 hours
• Totenkirchl (2,190 m), climbing tour
• Stripsenkopf (1,807 m), easy, walking time: 2 hours
• Pyramid peak (1,998 m), medium, walking time: 3½ hours
• Sonneck (2,260 m), medium, walking time: 4 hours

Web links

Commons : Hans-Berger-Haus  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 100 years of friends of nature . In: mein district.at , accessed on December 27, 2013.
2. ↑ Small messages. (...) Our refuge in the Wilder Kaiser. In:  Der Naturfreund , born 1933, XXXVII. Volume, p. 73, center right. (Online at ANNO ). .