Tauernhaus Hospital
| Tauernhaus Hospital | ||
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 Tauernhaus Spital, in the background the Tauernkogel ( 2988 m ) |
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| location | Felbertal ; State of Salzburg , Austria ; Valley location: Mittersill | |
| Mountain range | Granatspitzgruppe and Venedigergruppe ( Hohe Tauern ) | |
| Geographical location: | 47 ° 12 '30 " N , 12 ° 28' 42" E | |
| Altitude | 1174 m above sea level A. | |
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| builder | Prince-Bishops of Salzburg | |
| owner | Hochfilzer family | |
| Built | about 1200 | |
| Construction type | Tauernhaus | |
| Development | Street | |
The Tauernhaus Spital is located on the mule track over the Felber Tauern , one of the old crossings over the Hohe Tauern , in the Felbertal south of Mittersill at 1174 m above sea level. A. Height between the Schößwendklamm and the Hintersee .
history
The Tauernhaus Spital was originally a Schwaige and is one of four Tauernhouses in the municipality of Mittersill on the north side of the Felber Tauern . The number of Tauern houses alone shows the importance this transition once had for the region. This path connected the Pinzgau with the Salzburg rulers south of the main Alpine ridge , in particular with the Windisch-Matrei court . Together with the Tauernhaus Schößwend , the Tauernhaus Spital received the highest commission payment (allocation of the court chamber ) as payment for the various obligations, while the Tauernhaus Reut and the Tauernhaus Rain had lower commissions and fewer obligations. Only in 1940 was a higher commission paid to Spital than to Schößwend.
The Tauernhaus Spital was first mentioned in a document in 1247 and is therefore considerably older than the equally important Matreier Tauernhaus (since 1562) on the other side of the Felber Tauern . It has been in the family since 1870 and is currently run by the fifth generation of the Hochfilzer family in Mittersill.
The last major structural change to the house took place in 1598, and many furnishings and utensils have been preserved from this time.
Commissions (allocation of the court chamber) and obligations
The Tauernhaus Spital, like the Tauernhaus Schößwend , received 72 Metzen Grains (nine Metzen Beans and Rye, 18 Metzen Barley and 36 Metzen Oats), while Tauernhaus Rain and Tauernhaus Reut only received six Metzen Oats each. The amount of the commission, which was also secured in the land registry, indicates the importance of this Tauernhaus. While Reut and Rain only had to provide auxiliary services in the search for and rescue of lost people and casualties, but did not have to pay for their accommodation and food, at the end of the 15th century the obligations that the Tauernhaus Spital and Schößwend entered into with the receipt of the commission were recognized , listed in a land register:
- “That is why Sy (the 'Schwaiger in the Velben') sull the poor Lewtn, who has no nervousness, still has enough money, to help over the Velber Tawrn and to give food through gots and the beneficiary. You also have to guard the tawrn with curses and other necessities. Everybody should also shriek or plasn on the inside of the tawrn in the evening, whether somebody was on the tawrn, was late or passed away, that Sy should help him down so that the poor people on the tawrn do not perish or perish ”.
These obligations often resulted in higher costs than the commissions covered. Due to “poor economic management”, the licensing right (tavern law), which was originally owned by the Tauernhaus Spital, was transferred to the Tauernhaus Schößwend in the 16th century. But already in 1611 Schößwend lost the tavern right back to Spital. When in the second half of the 18th century the court chamber tried to abolish the commissions of the Tauern houses in the Felbertal , the owners of the Tauern houses successfully resisted. Your most important argument was to maintain the path, which was particularly time-consuming due to storms, mudslides and avalanches. As a result of the objections, the benefice was left at its old level. The change would have been difficult to implement anyway because of the security in the land register. As a result, commissions and obligations remained the same until 1848. The abolition of the lordship and the collection of all natural allowances in 1848/1849 also put the Tauernhaus in financial distress. After difficult negotiations by the Ministry of the Interior, to which the safeguarding of this Tauern crossing was a major concern, a cash benefit was paid out retrospectively for the years 1850 and 1851 and, from 1852, it was decided to convert the benefits in kind into cash benefits. At the same time, the associated obligations of the Tauernhäuser were reformulated:
- "... keeping the Tauern trails open and maintaining them, setting up snow poles and stone pyramids, the so-called stone almonds or staves, as signposts, keeping the Tauernhaus open to every stranger, accompanying poor travelers and providing them with food and shelter, the search, then the rescue, refreshment and refreshment of the lost and unfortunate, finally the transport of the corpses of those who perished on the Tauern to the next parish ”.
Once again, Spital and Schößwend received the highest cash benefits. In 1920 the amount of the payment was 600 kroner each due to inflation , while Reut and Rain only received 60 kroner each. Even in the first republic , payments were still made to the two main Tauern houses, while Reut and Rain no longer appeared to be favored and were thus released from their obligations. In the time of National Socialism from 1938 onwards, commission payments were still listed at Spital and Schößwend. In 1940 Spital received 90 Reichsmarks, while Schößwend received 45 Reichsmarks. In the following years, the payments that had been approved came to a standstill because of the war economy. After the war, the tradition of Tauernhaus commissions ended completely.
Current
The restaurant is currently closed, the house is used by WBH - Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying : Austrian Map 1: 50,000, AMAP Online , accessed on June 2, 2013
- Chronicle of the Tauernhaus Hospital
- salzburgwiki.at , salzburgwiki.at Keyword: Tauernhaus Spital