Pfitscher Joch House
| Pfitscher Joch House Rif. Passo di Vizze |
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 Pfitscher Joch House from the eastern Jochsee. |
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| location | at the Pfitscher Joch ; South Tyrol Italy ; Valley location: Pfitsch -St. Jacob
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| Mountain range | Zillertal Alps | |
| Geographical location: | 46 ° 59 '31.8 " N , 11 ° 39' 27.3" E | |
| Altitude | 2276 m slm | |
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| builder | DuÖAV - Prague section | |
| owner | Private | |
| Construction type | hut | |
| Usual opening times | Mid June to mid October | |
| accommodation | 30 beds, 0 camps , 10 emergency camps | |
| Web link | Pfitscher Joch House | |
| Hut directory | ÖAV DAV | |
The Pfitscher-Joch-Haus ( Italian Rifugio Passo di Vizze ) is a summer shelter in the Italian part of the Zillertal Alps at an altitude of 2276 m .
location
The Pfitscher-Joch-Haus is located on the south side of the Pfitscher Joch , over which the border between the Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol and the Austrian state of Tyrol runs.
The yoke and the somewhat higher hut are accessible from all sides by hiking trails. So z. B. also stage 11 of the dream path Munich – Venice pass here.
In summer (end of June to mid-September) the shuttle bus Pfitscher Joch via Stein and the parking lots at turns 3 and 4 of the access road runs from the last bus stop at Angerhöfe in the Pfitscher Valley . The upper section may only be used with a special permit.
history
As early as 1882, the Prague section of the German and Austrian Alpine Club built a bridle path from the Zillertal side to the Pfitscher Joch, and in 1884 also from the Pfitscher side.
Alois Rainer, at that time the landlord of the Knappenhof in St. Jakob in Pfitsch, built the first refuge on the Pfitscher Joch from 1888, which was opened in 1890 and had 28 beds ready. As early as 1910, the hut was significantly enlarged.
During the war years 1914–1918 the refuge was closed. After that, most of it was confiscated by the Finance Guard, who used it as a base; only a small part of the building was used as a refuge. In 1934–1937, the military built the path from Pfitsch into a road.
The hut was closed from 1943 to 1945. From 1945 to 1996 part of the house was used by the Italian financial guard as a customs and border post. Because of the unrest in South Tyrol beginning in the early 1960s, the Jochhaus was occupied by the Italian military in 1965 . In the course of the unrest, there was an explosive attack in May 1966, in which the wooden part of the house was completely destroyed and an officer from the border guard was killed. The house was quickly renovated, but remained under military occupation until 1969.
From 1972 Stephan Volgger and Paula Rainer, the landlords of the Knappenhof, rebuilt the house, part of the old building was still used by the military. The hut has been in operation again since 1973, initially only in day-to-day operations, and since 1977 also for overnight stays. Josef Volgger and Priska Rainer have been the hosts on the Joch since 1977. In 2008, their son Leopold Volgger took over the family business in the fifth generation. In 1992 the Pfitscher-Joch-Haus was connected to the public sewage network of the Pfitsch community as one of the first private shelters. For this, a 3.3 km long sewer line had to be laid from the Pfitscher-Joch-Haus ( 2276 m ) to Stein ( 1460 m ). At the same time, a medium-voltage line to the Jochhaus was laid next to this sewer, which ensures the power supply to the hut via a private power station in the valley. The diesel generator that was used to supply the hut with electricity up to that point now only serves as an emergency generator.
In the summer of 2012, the Pfitscher-Joch-Haus was fundamentally rebuilt and expanded. The roof, windows, heating and sanitary facilities were renewed, the dining room was expanded and some rooms with a shower and toilet were added for overnight guests. A bio sauna with a view has also been built in, and a lockable bike room with spaces for around 30 mountain bikes and a separate workbench combined with the shoe room has been set up especially for mountain bikers.
Transitions
- Landshut Europahütte
- Dominikushütte
- Furtschaglhaus
- Geraer Hut
- Olpererhütte in about 6 hours
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Hanspaul Menara : South Tyrolean refuges . 2nd Edition. Athesia, Bozen 1983, ISBN 88-7014-017-2 , p. 150-151 .
- ^ History on the hut's website