Hans Berger Haus

Hans Berger Haus
Hans Berger Haus
	Hans Berger Haus
Coordinates	47°34′41″N12°17′07″E / 47.57806°N 12.28528°E
Country	Austria
Administrative; district	Tirol
Mountain range	Kaiser Mountains
Location	at the foot of the Totenkirchl, Karlspitzen and Ellmauer Halt
Elevation	940 m (3,084 ft) AA
Administration
Hut type	TVN Hut
Owner	TVN - Kufstein branch
Facilities
Beds/Bunks	20
Mattresses	45
Opening times	mid-May to mid-October
Footnotes
Hut reference	TVN

Last updated July 15, 2024

The Hans Berger Haus is a refuge hut belonging to the Kufstein section of the Austrian Friends of Nature, located in the Kaisergebirge mountains in Tyrol. The tenants run a well-known climbing school here.

Location

The hut is located at a height of 940 metres (3,080 ft)^[1] at the top of the Kaisertal valley at the foot of the Totenkirchl, Karlspitzen and Ellmauer Halt mountains. The backdrop of these massive, rocky peaks is unmistakable. The Hans Berger Haus is a popular destination for hikers and an important base for mountaineers and climbers who set off from here for longer tours in the Wilder Kaiser. Only 15 minutes away is the Anton Karg Haus belonging to the Austrian Alpine Club.

History

On 13 March 1911, the Kufstein branch of the Friends of Nature was founded. Their efforts to own a refuge hut belonging to the association were successful twenty years later when, on 30 July 1931, the municipality of Kufstein accepted the application for a building plot.^[2]

The refuge was officially opened on 17 July 1933 as the Kaiser Valley Hut (Kaisertalhütte); on 2 October 1933, a celebration was held to mark the "completed extension". At the same time, the decision to build a "big lodging house" had already been made.^[3]

In 1940, the Kaiser Valley Hut was sold by the Reich Association of German Youth Hostels to the German Alpine Club (Deutscher Alpenverein or DAV). Hermann Bühler began building a new DAV library here at the end of the Second World War after most of the previous one had fallen victim to the war.

After a major expansion in 1956, the Kaiser Valley Hut was renamed the Hans Berger House in honour of the long-standing branch chairman. Since 1968 it has been the seat of the Wilder Kaiser mountaineering school. The house was completely rebuilt and modernized again in 2009.^[2]

Approaches

The Hut Way (Hüttenweg), a 450-metre climb, begins in Kufstein-Sparchen and runs the length of the Kaisertal past Veitenhof, Pfandlhof, St. Anthony's Chapel (Antoniuskapelle) and the Anton Karg Haus without posing any difficulties, taking about 2½ hours to reach Hans Berger Haus.

Another option is the ascent from the Griesenau Alm in the Kaiserbach valley. But this requires ascending 600 metres to the Stripsenjochhaus, then a good 600 metres again down to the Hans Berger Haus; duration: 3 hours.

Crossings

Anton Karg Haus (829 m), duration: 15 minutes
Kaindl Hut (1.318 m), via the Bettlersteig, medium difficulty, duration: 2½ hours
Vorderkaiserfelden Hut (1.388 m), via the Hechleitalm, easy, duration: 2½ hours
Stripsenjochhaus (1.577 m), easy, duration: 1½ hours
Grutten Hut (1.620 m), via the Hohen Winkel und Kopftörl, difficult, duration: 5 hours
Grutten Hut (1.620 m), via the Scharlinger Boden, Rote-Rinn wind gap, difficult, duration: 5 hours

Ascents

Ellmauer Halt (2.344 m), over the Kaiserschützensteig (climbing path), duration: 5 hours
Ellmauer Halt (2.344 m), via the Rote-Rinn wind gap, duration: 4½ hours
Kleine Halt (2.116 m), over the Kaiserschützensteig, duration: 3 hours
Gamshalt (2.291 m), over the Kaiserschützensteig, duration: 4 hours
Totenkirchl (2.190 m), climbing tour
Stripsenkopf (1.807 m), easy, duration: 2 hours
Pyramidenspitze (1.998 m), medium difficulty, duration: 3½ hours
Sonneck (2.260 m), medium difficulty, duration: 4 hours

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References

1 2 Lage & Höhe bei AMap (BEV).
1 2 meinbezirk.at/woergl/chronik/100-years-naturfreunde-d56961.html 100 Jahre Naturfreunde'. In: meinbezirk.at, retrieved on 27 December 2013.
↑ Kleine Mitteilungen. (…) Unser Schutzhaus im Wilden Kaiser . In: Der Naturfreund, Year 1933, XXXVII. Jahrgang, p. 73, Mitte rechts. (Online bei ANNO ) Template:ANNO/Maintenance/dna .

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[BEV-1] 1 2 Lage & Höhe bei AMap (BEV).

[d56961-2] 1 2 meinbezirk.at/woergl/chronik/100-years-naturfreunde-d56961.html 100 Jahre Naturfreunde'. In: meinbezirk.at, retrieved on 27 December 2013.

[3] Kleine Mitteilungen. (…) Unser Schutzhaus im Wilden Kaiser . In: Der Naturfreund, Year 1933, XXXVII. Jahrgang, p. 73, Mitte rechts. (Online bei ANNO ) Template:ANNO/Maintenance/dna .

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