Rifflerhütte

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Rifflerhütte around 1901, after the purchase by the Berlin DAV section

The Rifflerhütte was a self-catering refuge in the Zillertal Alps ( Tyrol , Austria ). It existed from 1888 to 1945.

history

Design drawing of the Rifflerhütte by Johann Stüdl

The Rifflerhütte was built by the Prague Section of the German-Austrian Alpine Club (DOeAV) on the Birglbergalm, about 70 meters above sea level below the Rifflersee, based on a design by Johann Stüdl and opened as its tenth hut on August 6, 1888. It was located at an altitude of 2234 meters and offered space for about 20 people. In the spring of 1896 the hut was badly damaged by an avalanche. In 1900 the Berlin Section of the German Alpine Club acquired the hut and repaired it. In the first 20 years, the number of annual visitors to the hut was mostly between 50 and 75.

In March 1945, the hut is said to have been destroyed by a snow avalanche . In 1948, however, the Austrian Alpine Association listed 9 mattresses and 6 emergency camps for the Rifflerhütte in a directory of Alpine Association shelters.

Tours

Remains of the Rifflerhütte above the Kesselalm and Birglbergalm

The Rifflerhütte could be reached in about 3½ hours from Roßhag or Neu-Breitlahner, both in the bottom of the Dornaubergtal .

Rifflersee (2302 m)

From the Rifflerhütte, the Hohe Riffler (3231 m) could be climbed in another 3½ hours. Other peaks that could also be climbed from the Rifflerhütte without great difficulty were the Realspitze (3039 m), the Rosskopf (2845 m) and the Langewandspitze (2855 m).

There was a transition from the Rifflerhütte in 4½ hours through the Obere Rifflerscharte (2868 m) to Hintertux .

Until the hut was destroyed in 1945, it represented the north-western end point of the Höhenweg in the southwestern Zillertal Alps, later expanded as the Berliner Höhenweg . It could be reached from the Olpererhütte in about 5 hours. With the opening of the Friesenberghaus in 1931, shorter stages were also possible. The path between Rifflerhütte and Friesenberghaus ran significantly higher than today's Berliner Höhenweg in this area and led over the 2774 meter high Untere Rifflerscharte .

supporting documents

  1. ^ The huts of the section on the website www.johannstuedl.at
  2. ^ A b Leon Treptow: The Berlin huts in the Zillertal . Publishing house of the Berlin section of the D. u. Oe. Alpenvereins, Berlin 1922 (fifth increased edition, revised by L. Grün), p. 66
  3. ↑ Alpine Club Card Zillertal Alps - West. German Alpine Club, 7th edition 2006
  4. ^ Hut land register of the Riffler Hut at the Historical Alpine Archives of the Alpine Clubs in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol
  5. ↑ Bernd Schröder: 25 Years of the Berliner Höhenweg , p. 6
  6. ↑ Directory of the Alpine Club shelters in: Mitteilungen des Österreichischen Alpenverein, 3rd year, issue 6 (June 1948), p. 48.

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Coordinates: 47 ° 4 ′ 54.39 "  N , 11 ° 44 ′ 0.54"  E