Olpererhütte

Olpererhütte ; DAV hut category I.
	The new Olpererhütte in July 2008
location	northwest above the Schlegeis reservoir in the Zamser Grund ; Tyrol , Austria ; Valley location: Finkenberg
Mountain range	Zillertal Alps
Geographical location:	47 ° 2 '32 " N , 11 ° 41' 18" E Coordinates: 47 ° 2 '32 " N , 11 ° 41' 18" E
Altitude	2388 m above sea level A.
builder	Neumarkt / Upper Palatinate section of the DAV
owner	Neumarkt / Upper Palatinate section of the DAV
Built	original building in 1881, new building in 2007
Construction type	hut
Usual opening times	Beginning of June to beginning of October
accommodation	20 beds, 40 camps
Winter room	12 bearings
Web link	Olpererhütte
Hut directory	ÖAV DAV

The Olpererhütte is a refuge in the Neumarkt / Oberpfalz section of the German Alpine Club in the Zillertal Alps at an altitude of 2388 m above sea level. A. in the Austrian state of Tyrol . The hut is a station in the course of three alpine high-altitude trails, the Zentralalpenweg 02 of the Austrian Alpine Association (ÖAV), the Berlin high-altitude path and the Tyrolean high-altitude path . It can only be reached on foot. The walking time for the ascent from the Schlegeis reservoir is around 90 minutes.

location

The hut is located on the Tuxer Kamm , west above the Schlegeis reservoir 1782 m . Neighboring huts in the east are the Neue Dominikushütte directly on the reservoir , in the southwest, on the state border with South Tyrol , the Pfitscher-Joch-Haus 2277 m , in the west the Geraer Hütte 2326 m and in the north the Friesenberghaus 2477 m .

history

The original construction

The refuge was built in 1881 by the former Prague section of the German and Austrian Alpine Club (DuOeAV). After the Berliner Hütte from 1879, it was the second oldest alpine club hut in the Zillertal Alps. Originally as a one-room hut in the attic it had eight mattresses - and eight hay stores . There was an iron stove on the first floor, the flue gases of which were led outside through the gable wall via a stove pipe; the climbers had to bring firewood and food for self-sufficiency.

On April 1, 1900, it was sold together with the Rifflerhütte, which had been destroyed by an avalanche since 1945, for 11,000 marks to the Berlin section of the DuOeAV. It soon became apparent that the capacity of the Olpererhütte was no longer sufficient due to the increasing number of visitors. It was not until 1933, however, that a fundamental expansion was carried out with an extension on the mountain side, which contained a separate kitchen and additional overnight accommodation on the upper floor. Since then the hut has been managed.

The renovation in 1976

A recent renovation in 1976 brought more modern sanitary facilities and an additional dining room, but the conditions remained cramped, especially for the tenants of the now managed hut. The fully occupied hut almost escaped a catastrophe on the evening of July 31, 1998, when, due to a prolonged storm at high temperatures, an ice and debris avalanche released the Olpererhütte at the glacier gate of the Großer Riepenkees at an altitude of 2,800 meters above the hut but only grazed on one corner of the house. The long-time tenant of the Olpererhütte, Olga Platzer from Ginzling († 2014), known as the Olpererhexe , achieved a certain national fame through her originality in dealing with guests in the often overcrowded hut.

The original Olpererhütte from 1881
around 1975, on the left the annex from 1931
The hut in July 1998
2005, a year before the demolition

The new hut

Olpererhütte with Schlegeis reservoir

At the end of the 1990s, the general meeting of the Berlin section of the DAV decided to sell the hut for financial reasons, because pending investments could no longer be made due to the official requirements regarding environmental protection, especially in the energy supply and wastewater treatment.

In 2004 it was possible to sell the Olpererhütte to the Neumarkt / Oberpfalz section, with the aim of a thorough renovation. But it soon became apparent that a completely new building would be more economical due to the critical building fabric from the various eras. So it was decided to completely demolish the old Olpererhütte and replace it with a new building. The demolition was finished on August 28, 2006. The redesign was carried out by the architectural office, graduate engineer Hermann Kaufmann , who developed a simple design: The narrow gable side of the new hut should point towards the valley to enable good integration into the environment . The topping-out ceremony was celebrated in summer 2007 and at the end of June 2008 the Neumarkt / Upper Palatinate section opened the new Olpererhütte, which has now been completed.