Gjaidalm
| Gjaidalm | ||
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.JPG) The Gjaid Alm from the southeast |
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| location | Dachstein massif ; Upper Austria ; Valley location: Obertraun | |
| Mountain range | Dachstein Mountains | |
| Geographical location: | 47 ° 31 '4 " N , 13 ° 40' 11" E | |
| Altitude | 1738 m above sea level A. | |
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| owner | Michael Haid | |
| Construction type | hut | |
| Usual opening times | summer and winter | |
| accommodation | 50 beds, 50 camps | |
| Web link | www.gjaid.at | |
| Hut directory | DAV | |
The Gjaidalm , also Gjaid Alm or just “Gjaid”, formerly Schilcherhaus , is an alpine refuge at 1738 m above sea level. A. on the plateau of the Dachstein plateau in Upper Austria . Archaeological excavations have been carried out in its surroundings, which is in the middle of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut .
Approaches, crossings and summits
Approaches:
- From Obertraun (3 to 4 hours)
- From Hallstatt (4 to 6 hours)
- Klettersteig Seewand by resort Hallstatt (4 to 6 hours)
Transitions:
- To the Wiesberghaus (2 hours)
- To the Simonyhütte (3 hours)
- To the Dachsteinwarte via the Hohen Gjaidstein (4½ hours)
- To the mountain station at Krippenstein (1 hour)
Summit:
- Taubenkogel (2 hours)
Cable cars and lifts
The Dachstein cable car (Krippensteinbahn) leads in three sections from Obertraun via Schönbergalm and Krippenstein to the Krippeneck / Gjaidalm 1795 m .
Gjaidbahn:
The so-called Gjaidbahn, built by the Austrian Armed Forces , was used to supply the Dachstein-Oberfeld military training area. Since it was dismantled, it was privately owned like the associated buildings.
- 1st section: Obertraun (608 m) - Krippenbrunn ( 1640 m ) [year of construction: 1957]
- 2nd section: Krippenbrunn ( 1640 m ) - Oberfeld ( 1835 m ) [year of construction: 1957]
Krippenstein chairlift: [Year of construction: 2000]
The 4-seater Krippenstein chairlift was opened in 2000. The length of the lift is 361 meters. The lift runs from 1961 m to 2066 m .
T-bar lift Gjaidalm: [Year of construction: 1957 - shutdown: 2005]
The lift, which was put into operation in 1957 and has a length of 470 meters from 1710 m to 1840 m , was closed around 2005. The lift has not yet been removed.
Refuge and Alm
The following sports can be practiced on the Gjaidalm under an expert guide: ski tours, snowshoe tours, alpine inspections and hikes. The hut is open all year round, it has 3 guest rooms with 100 seats inside and 150 on the terrace as well as 50 beds and 50 storage spaces.
The alpine pasture area covers around 4188 ha, of which around 29 ha can be used as forage.
history
Early history
In 2001, 2010 and 2011 excavations and research were carried out in the vicinity of the hut under the title Gjaidalm / Dachstein Mountains - An interdisciplinary project to research the history of the high alpine region .
It is assumed that the Gjaidalm was already used to keep cattle in Roman times ; there are also layers of fire that are interpreted as a sign of use in the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age . Few finds are believed to date from the late Middle Ages. In addition to numerous other finds, the remains of an alpine hut with a raised hearth are evidence of intensive modern alpine farming use.
Naming
The name Gjaidalm is derived from the ancient dialect Gjaid ( hunting ). The Gjaidalmhütte was formerly known as the Schilcherhaus after its first owner, Josef Schilcher.
Edification
Until the mid-1930s, the alpine pasture area of Ramsau am Dachstein , i.e. from Styria , was cultivated.
In the early 1930s, the then Austrian Armed Forces began to develop the north side of the Dachstein plateau as an alpine training area. During this time, the Tragtierweg was expanded from the Obertraun valley warehouse (now Obertraun Federal Sports School) and the Krippenbrunn camp ( 1550 m ) and a material cable car (the former Gjaidbahn) built from Obertraun to the Gjaidalm . The construction of a team barrack on the Gjaidalm also fell during this period. At the time of annexation to the German Reich, all facilities were taken over by the Wehrmacht and the area was expanded to become the “Dachstein shooting range”. In 1945 the Gjaider team barracks were handed over by the Americans to Josef Schilcher from Obertraun with the dedication of converting it into tourist accommodation. In 1946 he began to expand the Gjaidalmhütte accordingly and to expand it into an efficient tourist business in the following years. Josef Schilcher, born in 1904, had a strong connection with the Dachstein region from his earliest youth. With the expansion of the Schilcher house, he also made it the location of the Obertrauner ski school. Josef Schilcher died in 1974 at the age of 70. His son Hans Schilcher took over the previously flourishing tourism business and continued to manage it when the number of overnight stays fell. In 2006, the then tenant of the slightly higher Simonyhütte , Michael Haid, bought the Gjaidalm hut and has been successfully managing it ever since. Michael Haid himself lives secluded in an unknown place and is rarely to be found on the Gjaid Alm.
Anecdotes and curiosities
At the turn of the millennium, the Gjaidalm was a hot topic because of the world's only nudist cross-country ski trail.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying : Austrian Map 1: 50,000, AMAP Online , accessed on April 24, 2012
- ↑ Rudolf Lehr: Dachstein: Adventure in the past and present . OÖ Landesverlag , Linz 1982, ISBN 3-85214-333-0 , p. 83 .
- ↑ Rudolf Lehr: Dachstein: Adventure in the past and present . OÖ Landesverlag, Linz 1982, ISBN 3-85214-333-0 , p. 87 .
- ↑ Rudolf Lehr: Dachstein: Adventure in the past and present . OÖ Landesverlag, Linz 1982, ISBN 3-85214-333-0 , p. 91 .
- ^ Haus Oberfeld-Obertraun: End of military use. In: www.bundesheer.at. Retrieved April 21, 2015 .
- ↑ A tourist project is being planned for the Oberfeld. In: www.mein Bezirk.at. Retrieved March 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Rudolf Lehr: Dachstein: Adventure in the past and present . OÖ Landesverlag, Linz 1982, ISBN 3-85214-333-0 , p. 94 .
- ^ Loderbauer, Hannes: Skiing in Upper Austria . OÖ Landesverlag, Linz 1964, p. 244 .
- ↑ Gjaidalm, 1750 m. In: www.dachstein-salzkammergut.at. Retrieved July 13, 2012 .
- ↑ a b c Myths and facts about the Gjaid Alm ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 24, 2012
- ^ A b Franz Mandl, Johann Rudorfer: Gjaidalm Dachstein Mountains. (PDF; 3.1 MB) An interdisciplinary project to research the history of the high alpine region. anisa.at, 2011, p. 39 , accessed on July 13, 2012 .
- ↑ Gjaidalmhütte on www.kreiter.info (accessed on July 13, 2012)
- ↑ Werner Paczian: Clean mountain. In: Der Spiegel . March 27, 2000, accessed July 13, 2012 .
