Spannagelhaus

Spannagelhaus ; (closed)
	The old Spannagelhaus in September 1998
location	Tuxer Kamm, below the Hintertuxer Glacier ; Tyrol , Austria ; Valley location: Hintertux
Mountain range	Zillertal Alps
Geographical location:	47 ° 4 '48 " N , 11 ° 40' 16" E Coordinates: 47 ° 4 '48 " N , 11 ° 40' 16" E
Altitude	2531 m above sea level A.
builder	ÖTK - Vienna Section
owner	Zillertal Glacier Railway
Built	Original building (Weryhütte) in 1885, new building in 1908 (Spannagelhaus), new building in 2013
Development	Hinter-tux cable car (short walk)
Usual opening times	all year round
accommodation	no
Web link	Spannagelhaus

The Spannagelhaus was for many years an all-farmed hut owned by the Central Vienna of the Austrian Tourist Club (ÖTK). In 2013 it was sold to the Zillertaler Gletscherbahn , which demolished the hut and had it replaced by a new building that only functions as a restaurant. The house is located at an altitude of 2531 m in the Tux ridge of the Zillertal Alps , south of Hintertux .

history

The hut was opened on August 22nd, 1885 and was first named after Franz Xaver Wery, who financed the hut from his own resources. The new hut was inaugurated on August 16, 1908, during which time it was finally renamed the Spannagelhaus. The hut was named after the commercial academy professor Rudolf Spannagel , who was the first president of the ÖTK from 1902 to 1904 and who had a fatal accident while climbing on the Raxalpe . Another extension was completed in 1978. For a few years now, the house has also been accessible with the Hintertux Glacier Lift. The last extension with another guest room right next to the outside entrance was completed in 2006. Nevertheless, the Spannagelhaus still had no connection to the central sewage system and no reliable power supply via the Tuxer Ferner.

In 2013 the Spannagelhaus was sold by the ÖTK to the Zillertaler Gletscherbahnen, as no new tenant had been found. The old Spannagelhaus has now been torn down and replaced by a new building that opened on November 21, 2013. However, in summer it is completely closed (opening times via web link) .

tourism

The entrance to the Spannagel Cave is right next to the Spannagelhaus. The cave system created by ice age meltwater is the largest of its kind in the entire Austrian Central Alps .

The Spannagelhaus is the starting point for guided tours into the cave.