Rappenseehütte

Rappenseehütte ; DAV hut category I.
location	near the Rappensee ; Bavaria , Germany ; Valley location: Oberstdorf
Mountain range	Allgäu Alps
Geographical location:	47 ° 17 '20.1 " N , 10 ° 15' 17.7" E Coordinates: 47 ° 17 '20.1 " N , 10 ° 15' 17.7" E
Altitude	2091 m above sea level NHN
owner	Allgäu-Kempten section of the DAV
Construction type	hut
Usual opening times	Mid June to mid October
accommodation	115 beds, 189 camps
Winter room	24 bearings
Web link	Site of the hut
Hut directory	ÖAV DAV

The Rappenseehütte is an Alpine Club hut of the Allgäu-Kempten section of the German Alpine Club . With 304 beds it is the largest of all 327 huts of the German Alpine Club. The overnight record was on September 19, 1970 with 681 overnight guests. The hut averages around 15,000 overnight stays a year.

location

The first category hut is located in the Allgäu Alps a few kilometers south of Oberstdorf on a green step in the immediate vicinity of the small and large Rappensee lakes . The most important peaks in the hut area are Biberkopf and Hohes Licht . The well-known Heilbronner Weg begins or ends to the east above the Rappenseehütte.

history

The Rappenseehütte was built in 1885 as the 21st DÖAV hut in the Northern Eastern Alps. After several extensions it is the largest hut of the German Alpine Club.

In August 2009, more than 100 visitors to the hut complained of gastrointestinal and circulatory problems after drinking water and some of them had to be flown out by helicopter and clinically attended to. Since the defect in the drinking water system is said to have already been known, investigations into the suspicion of negligent bodily harm were initiated. The proceedings were discontinued on July 6, 2010 by the Sonthofen District Court against payment of a fine of € 2,000 .

Hut access

From Birgsau (956 m, bus from Oberstdorf) via Einödsbach and the Enzianhütte in approx. 4 hours
From Lechleiten ( 1541 m , Austria ) via the Lechleitner Alm in about 2½ hours
From Prenten (Austria) through the Hochalptal in approx. 4 hours

Transitions

The direct neighboring huts are

Waltenbergerhaus ( 2084 m , approx. 4 hours) via Heilbronner Weg
Kemptner Hütte ( 1844 m , 5–6 hours) via Heilbronner Weg
Mindelheimer Hütte ( 2058 m , approx. 4 hours)
Enzianhütte ( 1804 m , approx. 1 hour)
Fiderepasshütte ( 2067 m ), with descent via Enzianhütte and Breitengernalpe ( 1156 m ) and further over the Fiderescharte ( 2214 m )
Holzgauer Haus ( 1512 m , approx. 3 hours).

Tours

Heilbronner Weg to the Kemptner Hütte (approx. 5–6 hours)
Biberkopf ( 2599 m , approx. 2½ hours)
High light ( 2651 m , approx. 1½ hours)
Rappenseekopf ( 2468 m , approx. 1 hour)
Hochrappenkopf ( 2423 m , approx. 1 hour)

cards

Alpine Club Card BY 2 Kleinwalsertal - Hoher Ifen, Widderstein (1: 25,000)
Alpine Club Card BY 2/1 Allgäuer-Lechtaler Alpen West (1: 25,000)

Web links

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

Information about the hut at the DAV section Kempten
Rappenseehütte in the historical Alpine archive of the Alpine clubs in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol (temporarily offline)

Individual evidence

↑ Andi Dick: Mountain experience alpine club huts: Strong brand - pride and burden . In: German Alpine Association (Ed.): Panorama - Magazine of the German Alpine Association . 65th year, no. 1 , January 2013, p. 38–45 ( alpenverein.de [PDF; 1.3 MB ; accessed on January 21, 2013]).
↑ Gaby Funk: Einkehr - Refuge - Accommodation: Mountain huts in the Alps. (PDF; 6.2 MB) In: alpinwelt - The mountain magazine for Munich and Oberland. Munich Section of the German Alpine Club, May 21, 2012, pp. 6–27 , accessed on January 21, 2013 .
↑ Lousy pathogens in the water. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . August 9, 2009, accessed May 18, 2014 .
↑ Dirty water: 40 hikers flown out by helicopter. In: evening newspaper . August 9, 2009, accessed May 18, 2014 .
↑ intestinal flu in the Allgäu: 145 hikers fall ill in the alpine hut In: Spiegel online . August 9, 2009, accessed May 18, 2014 .
↑ Proceedings against Hüttenwirt closed. In: Augsburger Allgemeine . July 6, 2010, accessed May 18, 2014 .

[1] Andi Dick: Mountain experience alpine club huts: Strong brand - pride and burden . In: German Alpine Association (Ed.): Panorama - Magazine of the German Alpine Association . 65th year, no. 1 , January 2013, p. 38–45 ( alpenverein.de [PDF; 1.3 MB ; accessed on January 21, 2013]).

[2] Gaby Funk: Einkehr - Refuge - Accommodation: Mountain huts in the Alps. (PDF; 6.2 MB) In: alpinwelt - The mountain magazine for Munich and Oberland. Munich Section of the German Alpine Club, May 21, 2012, pp. 6–27 , accessed on January 21, 2013 .

[3] Lousy pathogens in the water. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . August 9, 2009, accessed May 18, 2014 .

[4] Dirty water: 40 hikers flown out by helicopter. In: evening newspaper . August 9, 2009, accessed May 18, 2014 .

[5] intestinal flu in the Allgäu: 145 hikers fall ill in the alpine hut In: Spiegel online . August 9, 2009, accessed May 18, 2014 .

[6] Proceedings against Hüttenwirt closed. In: Augsburger Allgemeine . July 6, 2010, accessed May 18, 2014 .