Rittner Horn House

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Rittner Horn House
CAI Hut
Rittner Horn House
location Rittner Horn ; South Tyrol , Italy
Mountain range Sarntal Alps
Geographical location: 46 ° 36 '53 "  N , 11 ° 27' 40.9"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 36 '53 "  N , 11 ° 27' 40.9"  E
Altitude 2259  m slm
Rittner Horn House (South Tyrol)
Rittner Horn House
owner Club Alpino Italiano
Construction type hut
Usual opening times Early June to late October
accommodation 18 beds, 23  camps
Hut directory ÖAV DAV

The Rittner-Horn-Haus ( Italian Rifugio Corno del Renon ) is a refuge in the Sarntal Alps in South Tyrol , Italy .

Location and surroundings

The hut is located on the summit of the Rittner Horn at an altitude of 2259  m and thus in the area of ​​the Barbian community .

To the south of the Rittner Horn, the Ritten is an extensive high plateau. To the west you climb into the Sarntal , to the east you descend into the Eisack valley. Towards the northwest you reach the Sarner Scharte and the Villanderer Berg .

history

The Rittner Horn House was built by the Bozen section of the Austrian Tourist Club . The opening took place in 1894. After the First World War , the hut was expropriated by the Italian state and given to the CAI section in Bolzano. Today the house is in a winter sports area.

The Rittner Horn House around 1894

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literature

  • Ernst Baumgartner: 100 years of the Rittnerhornhaus . Traffic office, Klobenstein am Ritten 1993

Web links

Commons : Rittner-Horn-Haus  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Hans Kammerer: Refuge huts in South Tyrol . Tappeiner, Lana 2008, ISBN 978-88-7073-422-5 , pp. 58 .