Heinrich Krempel Hut
Heinrich Krempel Hut ÖBRD Hut |
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location | below the shower stone flank; Lower Austria ; Valley location: Losenheim | |
Mountain range | Schneeberg | |
Geographical location: | 47 ° 46 '29 " N , 15 ° 47' 21" E | |
Altitude | 1561 m above sea level A. | |
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owner |
Austrian Mountain Rescue Service OS Vienna |
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Built | 1937 | |
Construction type | hut | |
Usual opening times | November to May / June on weekends | |
accommodation | No overnight stays or hospitality | |
Web link | Mountain Rescue Lower Austria Vienna OS Vienna |
The Heinrich-Krempel-Hütte is looked after by the Vienna local office of the Austrian Mountain Rescue Service and is the only occupied base on the Hochschneeberg during the ski season, since all shelters are closed during the winter months.
history
At the beginning of the 1930s, in the wake of the growing popularity of alpine skiing and the increasing number of accidents on the Trenkwiesen run on the Schneeberg , one of the most popular ski runs in the vicinity of Vienna at the time , a patrol service of the mountain rescue service had to be introduced.
It is the first hut in Austria to be built exclusively for mountain rescue services (opened on October 24, 1937) and was named Heinrich-Krempel -Hütte after one of the pioneers of alpine rescue services .
location
The Heinrich Krempel hut is located at 1561 m above sea level. A. at the "Gamsfeichten" near the Fleischer memorial stone below the Schauerstein flank in the immediate vicinity of Schneegraben, Wurzengraben and Frohnbachgraben.
getting there
- Arrival by train: to Puchberg am Schneeberg train station and then by bus to Losenheim
- Arrival by car: to Losenheim near Puchberg am Schneeberg
- Arrival by bus: to Losenheim
Ascent
- from the mountain station of the Salamander chairlift via Edelweißhütte , “Almgatterl”: walking time approx. 1½ hours
- from Losenheim: walking time 2.5 to 3 hours
- from the Höllental through the Frohnbachgraben: walking time approx. 2 to 2½ hours