Naturfreundehaus Knofeleben

This article explains the hut in the Schneeberg area, the one in the Wechsel area see Hallerhaus am Wechsel .

Naturfreundehaus Knofeleben NFI shelter
location	Button life; Lower Austria ; Valley location:  Hirschwang on the Rax
Mountain range	Gahns , Schneeberg area
Geographical location:	47 ° 43 '56 "  N , 15 ° 49' 47.8"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 43 '56 "  N , 15 ° 49' 47.8"  E
Altitude	1250  m above sea level A.
owner	Friends of nature Austria
Built	1922 or 2011/12 (new building)
Construction type	Refuge; Concrete (basement, north side), wood (south side, upper floors)
Web link	Naturfreundehaus Knofeleben
Hut directory	NFI

The Naturfreundehaus Knofeleben (formerly Friedrich-Haller-Haus ) is a refuge of the Austrian nature lovers on the Knofeleben am Gahns in the Schneeberg area , Hirschwang an der Rax von Reichenau .

It lies at the foot of the Krummbachsteins .

history

The first hut was built by the tourist association Die Naturfreunde (TVN) as a house for friends of nature on the Knofeleben (also: Knofeleben hut ) and "opened for use" on July 16, 1922. In the 1950s, the house was renamed in honor of Friedrich Haller (1874–1943), the head of the Friends of Nature building committee. The house had 24 beds and 46 beds in the camp.

On April 8, 2011, the refuge, which was not managed at the time, burned down. Due to the lack of extinguishing water and strong wind, the fire fighting was difficult. The cause of the fire is not known.

On August 11, 2011 the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the new shelter took place; the shell was completed before winter 2011/12. The opening ceremony took place on May 6, 2012.

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  Friedrich Haller House before the fire

Ascent

• From Baumgartner station via Alpleck, walking time 1½ hours
• From Baumgartner station via Krummbachsattel and Krummbachstein , walking time 2 hours (green marking)
• From Baumgartner station via Wassersteig, walking time 2 hours (red marking)
• From Schneedörfl or Payerbach - Reichenau train station through the Eng, walking time 2 to 2½ hours (red / yellow marking)
• From Kaiserbrunn , walking time 2½ hours (red marking)
• From Hirschwang over the Mittagstein (unmarked)

Transition to other huts

• Waldburgangerhütte
• Pottschacherhütte
• further refuges on the Schneeberg

Individual evidence

1. ^ A house for friends of nature (...) (footnote). In:  Der Naturfreund , born 1922, XXVI. Volume, p. 76, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). .
2. ↑ Friedrich Haller House completely burned down ( memento from September 9, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), schwarzataler-online.at
3. ↑ Difficult mission: Refuge on fire . ORF Lower Austria from April 8, 2011