Müllerhütte

Müllerhütte
	The miller's hut in front of Wilde Pfaff
location	Pfaffennieder, notch between Wilder Pfaff and Wilder Freiger ; South Tyrol , Italy
Mountain range	Stubai Alps
Geographical location:	46 ° 57 '47 " N , 11 ° 10' 41" E Coordinates: 46 ° 57 '47 " N , 11 ° 10' 41" E
Altitude	3145 m slm
owner	Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol
Built	1908
Construction type	hut
Usual opening times	Beginning of July to mid-September
accommodation	20 beds, 70 camps
Winter room	6 bearings
Web link	www.muellerhuette.eu
Hut directory	ÖAV DAV

The Müllerhütte ( Italian Rifugio Cima Libera ) is an alpine club hut in the South Tyrolean part of the Stubai Alps near the border with Austria. It is located at an altitude of 3145 m slm above the Übeltalferner and is one of five huts in the Eastern Alps that can only be reached via glaciers . Goods can only be transported to the hut on foot or by helicopter.

history

In 1891, Carl Müller from Teplitz built the first hut just above the current location, which he financed entirely himself. This building was designed in a completely new way and consisted of a frame made of wooden beams, which was boarded and covered with impregnated cloth. There was no attic. The interior was also innovatively designed with special foldable bunk beds that also served as bench seats. As early as 1892 it had to be expanded due to the large number of visitors. In 1894 the Teplitz section of the German and Austrian Alpine Club took over the Müllerhütte. In July 1909, the section opened the Archduke Karl Franz Josef refuge at what is now the hut location. This hut was already being managed and offered space for 50 people, although the old hut was also used. In 1917 the name was changed to Kaiser-Karl-Schutzhaus . In 1923 the hut was expropriated and handed over to the Bozen section of the Club Alpino Italiano (CAI). The old hut fell into disrepair.

Together with 24 other shelters expropriated by the state, the Müllerhütte became the property of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol in 1999; At the end of 2010, the license for their management by the CAI expired. Since 2015, the state of South Tyrol has been supported in the management of the hut (assignment to tenants, supervision of management, renovation measures) by a joint commission, in which the AVS and CAI are represented in addition to the public sector .

Approaches

Müllerhütte in front of the Wild Freiger.

From Ridnaun -Maiern ( 1566 m ) in a walking time of 7 hours.
From Schönau in Passeier over the Schwarzwandscharte in 4 to 5 hours.
From the Stubai Valley via the Grawaalm in 5 hours.
With the mountain railway to the Dresdner Hütte and from there in 3½ hours to the Müllerhütte.

Tours

Summit tours

Zuckerhütl ( 3507 m above sea level ), walking time 2½ hours
Wilder Freiger ( 3418 m above sea level ), walking time 1½ hours
Sonklarspitze ( 3467 m above sea level ), walking time 2 hours
Wilder Pfaff ( 3458 m above sea level )

Transitions

Becherhaus , walking time: ¾ hour
Teplitz Hut , walking time: 3½ hours
Sulzenauhütte , walking time: 3½ hours
Grohmannhütte , walking time: 4½ hours
Nürnberger Hütte , walking time: 5 hours
Hildesheimer Hütte , walking time: 5 hours
Siegerlandhütte , walking time: 5 hours
Schneeberghütte , walking time: 6 hours
Magdeburger Hütte , walking time: 9 hours

particularities

Until 2016, the so-called “Ice Parade” was an ice climbing competition, in which the large crevasse behind the Müllerhütte had to be climbed using a newly created via ferrata.

literature

Vito Brigadoi: Rifugio Cima Libera - Müllerhütte (Erzherzog-Karl-Franz-Josef-Schutzhaus, Pfaffennieder-Hütte). Storia di un rifugio centenario - history of a centenary hut: 1908–2008. Club Alpino Italiano, Bolzano 2008

Web links

Commons : Müllerhütte - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Müllerhütte in the Historical Alpine Archive of the Alpine Clubs in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol (temporarily offline)

Individual evidence

^ Hanspaul Menara : South Tyrolean refuges . 2nd Edition. Athesia, Bozen 1983, ISBN 88-7014-017-2 , p. 138 .
↑ Transition of the refuges: basis laid for leadership body. Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, press releases, October 2, 2009, accessed on January 30, 2012 .
↑ refuges. Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, Asset Management Department, accessed on January 30, 2012 .
^ Refuge: Agreement signed between Land, CAI and AVS. Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, press releases, July 8, 2015, accessed on July 8, 2015 .

[1] Hanspaul Menara : South Tyrolean refuges . 2nd Edition. Athesia, Bozen 1983, ISBN 88-7014-017-2 , p. 138 .

[2] Transition of the refuges: basis laid for leadership body. Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, press releases, October 2, 2009, accessed on January 30, 2012 .

[3] refuges. Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, Asset Management Department, accessed on January 30, 2012 .

[4] Refuge: Agreement signed between Land, CAI and AVS. Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, press releases, July 8, 2015, accessed on July 8, 2015 .