Schlernhaus

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Schlernhaus
CAI hut  category  C
Schlernhaus with rose garden

Schlernhaus with rose garden

location Sciliar ; South Tyrol , Italy ; Valley location: Fiè allo Sciliar
Mountain range Sciliar group , Dolomites
Geographical location: 46 ° 30 '25 "  N , 11 ° 34' 28"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 30 '25 "  N , 11 ° 34' 28"  E
Altitude 2457  m slm
Schlernhaus (South Tyrol)
Schlernhaus
owner CAI section Bolzano
Built 1885
Construction type hut
Development Material ropeway
Usual opening times June - October
accommodation 30 beds, 90  camps
Web link Schlernhaus
Hut directory ÖAV DAV

The Schlernhaus , in Italian Rifugio Bolzano or Rifugio Bolzano al Monte Pez , is a refuge located at 2,457 meters above sea level on the Schlern high plateau in South Tyrol .

Location and surroundings

The Schlernhaus is located about 500 meters south of the Petz (Italian Monte Pez , 2536  m ), the highest point of the Schlern plateau, which can be reached from the hut in just 20 minutes. Due to this location, the hut, in contrast to most alpine shelters, is less important as a base for climbing peaks than as an independent tour destination.

The area is part of the Schlern-Rosengarten nature park .

history

The first hut in 1894

As early as the 1870s, the Bozen section of the German and Austrian Alpine Club was considering building its first shelter. The location of this building was discussed for a long time until the Schlern plateau was finally chosen as the location at the suggestion of Johann Santner . In 1881 a subsidy from the Alpine Club was applied for, but the landowner, the municipality of Völs, thwarted the company. The municipality of Castelrotto, on the other hand, agreed to an establishment, so that the building site was relocated to the territory of this municipality. In 1883 construction could finally begin. The hut was officially opened on August 23, 1885. This first Schlernhaus had a size of 16.5 meters by 7.93 meters and a height of 5.5 meters, a kitchen and two dormitories, as well as an outbuilding for mounts, porters and guides. In total, the hut provided accommodation for 50 people.

The expanded Schlernhaus around 1900

In 1887 a 12 meter high lantern was installed next to the hut. The shelter soon reached its capacity limits, so that an expansion was considered as early as 1892. For several years the question of whether this extension should be built in wood or in stone was discussed. Finally, the decision was made in favor of stone construction. The extended hut was reopened on July 17, 1897. At that time, the Bolzano section took over the management itself, while the former tenant built his own inn near the hut. This was acquired by the Section in 1903 and attached to the Schlernhaus as a sleeping building. Despite these multiple extensions, the Schlernhaus still proved to be too small, so that in 1908 it was again enlarged to a size of 100 beds.

In 1911 the hut was equipped with a water tank, better toilets, a telephone connection and an extinguishing system. In addition, the Bolzano Section acquired mining rights to a nearby lignite deposit, which, however, did not prove to be profitable. This year, 4000 visitors have already been documented.

In 1914 the Schlernhaus had to be closed as a result of the First World War . After the separation of the South Tyrolean Alpine Club sections from the DuÖAV in 1918, the Bolzano Alpine Club was founded and managed the hut from then on. Fascist Italy dissolved the Alpine Association in 1923, and in 1924 all of its property, including the Schlernhaus, was expropriated without compensation and given to the Club Alpino Italiano (CAI). After the Second World War , there were several attempts to bring the Schlernhäuser back into possession of the newly founded Alpine Association of South Tyrol (AVS). The negotiations between CAI and AVS lasted for several years, but were declared to have failed in 1976. However, the AVS received compensation for the expropriation.

The ownership structure of the hut is considered a politically sensitive issue and continues to cause tensions between the language groups and between AVS and CAI. They were even the subject of a nationalist hate song that had been sung by German-speaking mountaineers since the takeover in 1924: A shelter is located on the Schlern / Built by German hands / The Welsh brood came along / And it stole from us .

From 2010 the South Tyrolean provincial government negotiated with the CAI about a sale or exchange of the Schlernhaus, which, unlike 25 other shelters expropriated by the state, had not passed into the ownership of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol in 2000 . The CAI was offered two refuge huts (the Schaubachhütte under the Ortler and the Regensburger Hütte in Val Gardena ) in exchange for the Schlernhaus, but the general assembly of the Bolzano section in March 2012 spoke out against the exchange.

Approach

From the east the hut can be reached via the tourist trail from the Alpe di Siusi above Seis am Schlern . Neighboring huts include the Schlernbödelehütte ( 1726  m ) and the Saltner hut ( 1850  m ). From the southeast, another path leads from the Tierser-Alpl-Hütte ( 2438  m ) to the Schlernhaus. From St. Zyprian in the municipality of Tiers , a trail leads over the 2070  m high Tschafatschsattel ( Sella Cavaccio ) past the 2235  m high Tschafatsch ( Monte Cavaccio ) from the south to the hut. From the southwest of the Schlernhaus is on 1940  m located Sesselschwaige above Fiè accessible another way runs north thereof and runs from the west to the cabin.

Establishment and management

The hut consists of several interconnected buildings, which is why the plural term Schlernhäuser is also used. Today the hut is operated by the Bolzano section of the Club Alpino Italiano (CAI). It is mostly cultivated from June to October. A total of 30 beds plus 90 storage spaces are available.

literature

  • Luis Vonmetz: "Most beautiful shelter in Tyrol". 130 years of the Schlernhaus . In: Experience the mountains - magazine of the Alpine Association South Tyrol , 03/15, pp. 66–68, issuu.com

cards

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b Digital map of South Tyrol / Alto Adige . Compass maps , Rum 2007, ISBN 978-3-85491-631-4 .
  2. a b c d Hanspaul Menara : South Tyrolean mountain huts . 2nd Edition. Athesia, Bozen 1983, ISBN 88-7014-017-2 , p.  104-107 .
  3. Refuge huts: There is no rest over all peaks . ( Memento of February 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) stol.it, March 8, 2010; Retrieved May 27, 2011
  4. Il Cai non cederà il Rifugio Bolzano . ( Memento of March 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) altoadige.gelocal.it, April 2, 2011; Retrieved May 27, 2011
  5. Horst Christoph: Berg Heil! profil.at, January 21, 2011; Retrieved February 2, 2012
  6. Shelters , Office for Asset Management of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, accessed on April 16, 2012
  7. ^ A b Hanspaul Menara: South Tyrolean refuges . 2nd Edition. Athesia, Bozen 1983, ISBN 88-7014-017-2 .
  8. Tobacco hiking maps 1.25.000. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .