Simmshütte
| Simmshütte DAV hut category I |
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 Simmshütte in July 2015 |
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| location | Hinteres Sulzltal; Tyrol | |
| Mountain range | Lechtal Alps | |
| Geographical location: | 47 ° 12 '37 " N , 10 ° 21' 20" E | |
| Altitude | 2004 m above sea level A. | |
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| owner | DAV - Section Stuttgart | |
| Built | 1907 | |
| Construction type | hut | |
| accommodation | 2 beds, 42 camps , 10 emergency camps | |
| Winter room | 6 bearings | |
| Web link | Site of the hut | |
| Hut directory | ÖAV DAV | |
The Simmshütte , also called Frederick-Simms-Hütte , is an Alpine Club hut belonging to the Stuttgart section of the German Alpine Club in the Lechtal Alps in Tyrol , Austria .
location
The Simmshütte is located at 2004 m above sea level. A. in the rear Sulzl valley on a terrace west of the Holzgauer Wetterspitze .
history
In 1907, the Holzgau Section built the first hut, initially as a hunting lodge. The donor is the British industrialist and hunting tenant there, Frederick Richard Simms . In 1893, Simms asked the court in Vienna about a wild, romantic and beautiful hunting ground. Based on a personal recommendation from Emperor Franz Josef , Simms came to Holzgau in the upper Lechtal for the first time at the age of 30. There he went on many mountain tours and realized that a refuge was necessary. He then offered the Holzgau section of the DuOeAV to finance the construction. In 1907 the Simmshütte stood on an exposed place at a height of 2004 meters. A picture of the founder Frederick R. Simms hangs in the guest room. Robert Bosch's passion for hunting was awakened by Simms . The two business friends enjoyed meeting in the Lech Valley to hunt chamois. In 1924, the Stuttgart Section leased the already dilapidated refuge, but popular with mountaineers. After extensive renovation and expansion work, the hut had 16 mattress stores and a guest room. In 1938 the hut changed hands for 600 Reichsmarks: the Stuttgart section became the new owner.
In 1953 the hut was closed because the foundation showed considerable damage and the building was in danger of slipping. In the years 1956–1961 the Frederick-Simms-Hütte was rebuilt and can now be supplied with a material ropeway. In 1981 the newly built winter room is opened. Since then, the hut has been modernized, expanded and equipped with environmentally friendly technology in several steps. In 2002 it received the environmental seal of approval from the Alpine clubs.
Accesses
- from Stockach or Holzgau through the Sulzl valley, 3 hours
- from Kaisers via the Falmedonjöchl, 4½ hours, this route can be very uncomfortable when wet, fresh snow or icy ice.
Neighboring huts and crossings
- to the Kaiserjochhaus via Kälberlahnzugjöchl and Kridlonscharte, 5 hours. This path leads through the Klämmle, a steep gully in the front of the lake and the W ridge. Insurance here.
- to the Ansbacher hut via Kälberlahnzugjöchl, Stierlahnzugjoch and Flarschjoch, 5 hours.
summit
- Feuerspitze , 2852 m , climb over rubble, 3½ hours
- Holzgauer Wetterspitze , 2895 m , marked trail, insurance, exposed in places, 2½ hours
cards
- Alpine Club Map 3/3 Lechtal Alps - Parseierspitze (1: 25,000)
literature
- Heinz Groth, Rudolf Wutscher: Area guide Lechtal Alps . Bergverlag Rother, Munich, ISBN 978-3-7633-3261-8
- Dieter Seibert: Alpine Club Guide alpine, Lechtal Alps . Bergverlag Rother, Munich, ISBN 978-3-7633-1268-9
- Gaby Funk: 100 years of the Frederic Simms Hut - mountaineering eco lodge at the Wetterspitze . In: DAV Panorama . No. 5 , October 2008, ISSN 1437-5923 , p. 76–79 ( alpenverein.de [PDF; 731 kB ]).
- Gaby Funk, Georg Hohenester: Hut hiking in the Allgäu and Lechtal Alps. 2nd Edition. Bruckmann Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-7654-4337-4