Salt pan house
| Salt pan house | ||
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| location | on the Hirschegger saddle ; Styria ; Valley location: Kleinfeistritz , Hirschegg | |
| Mountain range | Lavanttal Alps | |
| Geographical location: | 47 ° 4 '5.6 " N , 14 ° 52' 17.2" E | |
| Altitude | 1543 m above sea level A. | |
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| owner | Private | |
| Built | 1948 | |
| Development | Municipal roads | |
| Usual opening times | all year round | |
| accommodation | 27 beds, 20 camps | |
| Web link | Website | |
The Salzstiegelhaus is an inn and a private refuge in the Lavanttal Alps in the Austrian state of Styria . It is located on the Hirschegger Sattel in the area of the Pack and Stubalpe .
Location and surroundings
The Salzstiegelhaus is located a few meters southwest of the Hirschegger Saddle pass at 1543 m above sea level. A. at the southern end of the Kothgraben . The Alpengasthof belongs to the political community of Weißkirchen in Styria , the main town of which is almost 20 km away. The border between Upper and West Styria runs across the saddle, which is made accessible by local roads . The closest peaks are the Speikkogel ( 1993 m ) to the southwest and the Rappoldkogel ( 1928 m ) to the northeast of the pass.
history
The name Salzekh was first mentioned in 1598 in a sales law letter between the barons of Kainach and the farmers of Hirschegg-Piber . Similar to the Alten Almhaus to the east, there was an important trade crossing, which was primarily used for the eponymous salt transports. A footpath led to the alpine pasture as early as the High Middle Ages when the mountains were being developed from Hirschegg.
In 1886 the timber merchant Johann Tarmann von Krain moved to the Hirschegger area and acquired the "Reinmoar" property. This also included grounds at the salt pan, where Tarmann built his first self-catering hut after a torture . His daughter Juliane Köck, who initially worked as a dairymaid , inherited the alpine hut in 1920 and began to expand it into an alpine inn. The shelter in its current form was built in 1948 and is still family-owned. Over the decades, the salt pan house was expanded and now has several outbuildings.
tourism
A popular base for hikers in summer, the Salzstiegelhaus is a place to stop for refreshments in the Salzstiegl ski area in the winter months - with five tow lifts and 12 kilometers of slopes next to the Weinebene it is the last major winter sports area in western Styria.
Access to the hut
The Salzstiegelhaus is located on the north-south long-distance hiking trail (Austrian long -distance hiking trail 05) and can be reached from two sides via marked hiking trails.
- from the Old Almhaus ( 1649 m ): 1 hour
- from Gaberl ( 1547 m ): 1¾ hours
- from Kleinfeistritz ( 842 m , across the street): 3 hours
- from Hirschegg ( 899 m , mostly by road): 3 hours
- from Packsattel ( 1169 m ): 5 hours
Tour destinations
- Rappoldkogel ( 1928 m ): 1 hour
- Wölkerkogel ( 1706 m ): 1¼ hours
- Speikkogel ( 1993 m ): 1¼ hours
- Peterer Riegel ( 1967 m ): 1½ hours
- Ameringkogel ( 2187 m ): 2½ hours
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Ernst Lasnik : 750 years of Hirschegg. Portrait of a special place in western Styria. Hirschegg municipality 1996, pp. 114–115.
- ↑ Salt pan house - history. The Köck family, accessed on May 4, 2017 .