Purtschellerhaus

Purtschellerhaus DAV hut  category  I
Purtschellerhaus with Untersberg
location	North side of the Hohen Göll ; Bavaria / Salzburg border ; Valley location:  Berchtesgaden
Mountain range	Berchtesgaden Alps
Geographical location:	47 ° 36 '34.2 "  N , 13 ° 4' 18.3"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 36 '34.2 "  N , 13 ° 4' 18.3"  E
Altitude	1692  m above sea level NN
owner	DAV - Sonneberg Section
Construction type	hut
Usual opening times	Mid-May to late October
accommodation	13 beds, 42  camps , 10 emergency camps
Web link	Site of the hut
Hut directory	ÖAV DAV

Purtschellerhaus with the northern flank of the Hohen Göll; left the Austrian part of the building, right the German part.

The Purtschellerhaus is an alpine club hut in the Berchtesgaden Alps , which is located on the Hohen Göll on the border of the federal states of Bavaria ( Germany ) and Salzburg ( Austria ) at 1692  m above sea level. NN stands.

Due to easy accessibility is the Purtschellerhaus that the section Sonneberg (Thuringia) of the German Alpine Club belongs and after the mountaineers Ludwig Purtscheller is named, can a popular destination for hikers and day visitors who stop and enjoy a wide view. The shelter is also an important base for experienced mountaineers, who can climb the Hohen Göll from here using the normal route . In summer it is managed continuously, but closed in winter and inaccessible due to the high risk of avalanches.

Geographical location

The Purtschellerhaus stands on the "Eckerfirst", a comb-like northern foothills of the 2522  m above sea level. NN high mountain Hoher Göll , which leads over the Eckersattel ( 1413  m ) to the Ahornbüchsenkopf ( 1604  m ). It is located above the valley basin of Berchtesgaden (west-northwest) and the valley of the Salzach (east).

The western part of the building belongs to Germany and is located in a small exclave of the Berchtesgaden market , which in turn belongs to the Berchtesgaden district of Eck and is surrounded on the German side by the community-free Eck area. The eastern part of the hut is located in the municipality of Kuchl in Austria.

history

Construction work on the Purtschellerhaus began in 1899 and was inaugurated on July 22, 1900. Originally the house was supposed to be called "Hut am Hohen Göll of the Sonneberg Section". Shortly before the opening, however, Ludwig Purtscheller , one of the most important alpinists of the time, died. The Sonneberg Section then decided to name the hut “Purtschellerhaus” in his honor.

As early as 1909, the premises became too small and the hut was expanded with an extension. In 1937, at the suggestion of the Sonneberg Section, the exact boundary line at the hut was determined. One third of the hut is in Germany and two thirds are in Austria. On the way from the old dining room to the toilet, you cross the border from Germany to Austria - marked by a line of paint on the floor. The Purtschellerhaus also owes this peculiar location an increase in visitors after the end of the Second World War. Since the Allies otherwise did not allow border traffic between the two countries, some 'separated' could only legally meet and talk in the hut. Even a bilateral wedding took place here at the time.

During the post-war period, the building was managed in trust by the Berchtesgaden AV section . In 1959, the Sonneberg Section took over administration again after relocating its headquarters to Coburg in Upper Franconia .

getting there

• by train: the nearest train stations are Berchtesgaden , Kuchl , Golling
• by bus: from Berchtesgaden via Roßfeldstraße to Enzianhütte or Ahornkaser
• by car: from Berchtesgaden via Roßfeldstraße to Enzianhütte or Ahornkaser

Accesses

• From the Ahornkaser ( 1500  m , parking lot) over the Eckersattel ( 1413  m ), easy, walking time: 1 hour.
• From the Enzianhütte ( 1200  m , parking lot) over the Eckersattel, easy, walking time: 1¼ hours.
• From Kuchl or Golling via Dürrfeichtalm and Eckersattel, easy, walking time: 3½ hours.

Transitions

• To the Kehlsteinhaus ( 1820  m ) via the Salzburger Steig and Mannlgrat (via ferrata), difficulty level II according to UIAA , partially secured, in a walking time of 4½ hours.
• To the Carl-von-Stahl-Haus ( 1736  m ) or Schneibsteinhaus ( 1668  m ) via the Salzburger Steig, Göllleiten, Hoher Göll, Hohes Brett and Jägerkreuz, difficulty level I-II according to UIAA, partially secured, only for experienced, walking time of 6 hours.

Mountaineering

• Hoher Göll ( 2522  m ) via Salzburger Steig, Schusterroute / Kamin and Göllleiten, difficulty level II according to UIAA, partly secured, walking time: 3 hours.

Climbing opportunities

• A climbing garden is 15 minutes above the hut. There are climbing routes with levels of difficulty III to VI according to UIAA.

literature

• Bauer, Werner; 100 years of the Purtschellerhaus, Sonneberg section in the German Alpine Association e. V., Sonneberg (2000)
• Section Berchtesgaden in the German Alpine Association (Ed.): 125 years of Section Berchtesgaden in the German Alpine Association 1875–2000. 2000, pp. 95–98 (PDF, 17 MB)

Web links

Commons : Purtschellerhaus  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Site of the hut
• Purtschellerhaus in the historical alpine archive of the alpine associations in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol (temporarily offline)

proof

• Alpenvereinshütte Purtschellerhaus , on the page of the Sonneberg section in the DAV
• History of hut construction , purtschellerhaus.de

1. ↑ card services of BfN
2. ↑ see list of places in Austria that are in several municipalities: localities in two countries - with all border huts in Austria