Highlands section of the German Alpine Club
| Section Hochland (DAV) e. V. (DAV Highland Section) |
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| founding | December 23, 1902 |
| Seat | Munich , Bavaria |
| purpose | Promotion of mountaineering and alpine sports; Preservation of the beauty and naturalness of the mountains |
| Chair | Stefan Dräxl |
| Members | 923 (as of December 31, 2019) |
| Website | www.sektion-hochland.de |
The Hochland section of the German Alpine Club (DAV) e. V. is a section of the German Alpine Club (DAV). The Munich- based section, founded in 1902, is (as of December 31, 2018) with 946 members one of the smaller sections of the German Alpine Club .
history
The Highland Section of the DAV was founded on December 23, 1902 in the Munich Hofbräuhaus . Founding member was u. a. the painter Rudolf Reschreiter .
Over the years, the Section acquired or built several mountain huts. First the Hochlandhütte was built in 1909, the Arnspitzhütte followed in 1910. The Soiernhaus and the Hans-Mertel-Hütte (also Unteres Soiernhaus) were leased in 1920 by the Bavarian State Forests . The Hans-Mertel-Hütte is operated together with the Bavarian Mountain Rescue Service . The last lease hut followed in 1924, the Mühltalalm.
The Blaueishütte was built in 1922, burned down by arson in 1946 and was destroyed by an avalanche shortly after being rebuilt in 1955. The section had to give up the location due to financial bottlenecks and the Berchtesgaden section built the new Blaueishütte.
Members of the Hochland section undertook several expeditions, including the German-Soviet Alai-Pamir Expedition in 1928, which was the first ascent of Lenin Peak (7134 m). During the German-American expedition in 1932, the Rakhiot Peak (7070 m) could be climbed for the first time.
The section offers a tour program with around 20 to 30 courses and tours per year. In addition, the section has an extensive children's and youth program. The members of the section regularly take part successfully in climbing competitions.
Section Chair
A chronological overview of all presidents of the section since it was founded.
| Term of office | president | annotation |
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| 1902-1904 | Heinrich Lieberich | Chief Public Prosecutor |
| 1905-1907 | Christian Kittler | Senior Director of Studies |
| 1908-1911 | Heinrich Lieberich | Chief Public Prosecutor |
| 1912-1913 | Max Ahles | Lawyer |
| 1914-1921 | Heinrich Lieberich | Chief Public Prosecutor |
| 1922-1923 | Josef Seeber | Senate President |
| 1924-1929 | Leonhard Meukel | Ministerial Councilor |
| 1931-1934 | Leonhard Meukel | Ministerial Councilor |
| 1935-1945 | Eugene Allwein | General Practitioner |
| 1939-1945 | Josef Paur | Director (substitute) |
| 1946-1981 | Hans Ackermann | Administrative Court Director |
| 1982-1993 | Gerhard Meyer | University professor |
| 1993-2011 | Alois Mittermaier | Administrative business economist |
| Since 2011 | Stefan Dräxl |
Huts of the section
The Hochland Section operates two managed and three unmanaged huts .
- Managed huts
- Hochlandhütte , 1623 m ( Northern Karwendel range ) (acquired / leased in 1909)
- Oberes Soiernhaus , 1616 m ( Soierngruppe ) (acquired / leased in 1920)
- Self-catering cabins
- Arnspitzhütte , 1930 m ( Arnspitz group ) (acquired / leased in 1910)
- Unteres Soiernhaus also Hans-Mertl-Hütte or Mertelhütte , 1560 m (Soierngruppe) (acquired / leased in 1920)
- Mühltalalm , 1418 m ( Tegernsee Mountains ) (acquired / leased in 1924)
- Former hut
- Alte Blaueishütte , 1651 m ( Berchtesgaden Alps ) (acquired / leased in 1922), destroyed by avalanche in 1955, new building in 1956 by the Berchtesgaden section , which is also the current owner.
Web links
- Highlands section
- Section writings of the Hochland section (digital copies of the DAV library)
- Hochland section in the historical Alpine archive of the Alpine clubs in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol (temporarily offline)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Alpine Club Section Hochland: 1st annual report. (PDF) Library of the German Alpine Club, December 9, 1903, p. 2 , archived from the original ; accessed on October 26, 2017 (German).
- ↑ a b Section Hochland , German Alpine Association, alpenverein.de
- ↑ Sektion-Hochland.de: Section Chair of the Section Highlands
- ↑ Sektion-Hochland.de: huts