Breslauer Hütte

The Breslauer Hütte is a mountain hut (Schutzhütte) of the Breslau Section of the German Alpine Club (Deutscher Alpenverein, DAV), located at 2,844 m above sea level in the Ötztal Alps of Tyrol, Austria, west of the village of Vent and at the foot of the Wildspitze. It is a classic Alpine club refuge: a staffed, catered mountain lodge offering dormitory accommodation, meals and a base for mountaineers, climbers and ski tourers. It is the central asset and the main operational responsibility of the DAV Sektion Breslau, whose registered seat is in Stuttgart, Germany. The hut was inaugurated on 20 August 1882 by the Breslau Section of the German and Austrian Alpine Club (DuOeAV) as an unstaffed shelter with 15 overnight places. It was expanded with a two-storey cross-wing in 1896 and a four-storey bed building in 1913, followed by further extensions and extensive renovations in 1928 and 1971. A winter house for ski tourers was added in 1997, and the following year the main building received a new top floor and the dining room a tiled stove. The hut carries the Environmental Seal of Approval for Alpine Club huts (Umweltgütesiegel für Alpenvereinshütten). The hut is a key trailhead and base for the Wildspitze (3,768 m), the highest mountain in the Ötztal Alps and in North Tyrol, as well as for the Hinterer Brochkogel (3,628 m), the Ötztaler Urkund (3,556 m) and the Wildes Mannle (3,023 m). It is reached from Vent in about three hours on foot, or in about 1.5 hours using the chairlift to Stablein and walking from the top station. It also serves as a stage on multi-day traverses to the Vernagthütte, Braunschweiger Hütte and Taschachhaus. The owning section, DAV Sektion Breslau, was founded in 1877 in Breslau (then in Germany, now Wrocław, Poland) and re-established in Stuttgart after the Second World War; it has been based in Baden-Württemberg since 1950. It describes itself as the smallest DAV section in Stuttgart. Its stated main task today is the care and further development of the Breslauer Hütte in the Ötztal, which has been fully owned by the section again since 1972. The section also maintains a patron relationship with the hut-less DAV Sektion Tuttlingen. Alongside hut operations, the section runs day hikes, climbing activities, senior outings and a monthly regulars' table in Stuttgart.

The Breslauer Hütte takes its name from the Sektion Breslau of the German and Austrian Alpine Club (Deutscher und Österreichischer Alpenverein, DuOeAV), which was founded in Breslau in 1877. According to the section's own history, the initiative arose after Professor Dorn and Professor J. Partsch, during an ascent of the Weisskugel, decided to establish a section in Breslau; a newspaper appeal followed in November 1877 and the constituent meeting was held on 30 November 1877, electing a committee that included Professor Neumann as first chairman and Professor Partsch as librarian. In its early decades the section was dominated by Alpine exploration, glacier research and natural history, and its membership consisted largely of university professors and privileged individuals. The section erected its first mountain hut in 1882. The Breslauer Hütte itself was inaugurated on 20 August 1882 as an unstaffed shelter with 15 overnight places, located at 2,844 m in the Ötztal Alps west of Vent, at the foot of the Wildspitze. It was enlarged with a two-storey cross-wing in 1896 and a four-storey bed building in 1913. Further extensions and extensive renovations followed in 1928 and 1971. The political upheavals of the twentieth century reshaped the section. After the Second World War, the Sektion Breslau was reconstituted in Stuttgart, and since 1950 it has been based in Baden-Württemberg; the section's motto reflects this history: "Born in Breslau, at home in Stuttgart, active in the Ötztal." The hut itself came back into the section's full ownership in 1972, and the section states that its main task today is the care and further development of the Breslauer Hütte. Modern investment continued in the late 1990s: in 1997 a winter house was built for ski tourers, and in the following year the main building received a new top floor and the dining room a tiled stove. The hut has been awarded the Environmental Seal of Approval for Alpine Club huts (Umweltgütesiegel für Alpenvereinshütten). The section also maintains a patron relationship with the hut-less Sektion Tuttlingen of the German Alpine Club. In 2007 the hut's 125th anniversary was marked in DAV Panorama magazine. The section continues to organise annual work assignments at the hut, as well as a programme of hikes, climbing activities, senior outings and a monthly regulars' table in Stuttgart.

• 2007

  125th anniversary of the hut featured in DAV Panorama.

• 1998

  Main building receives a new top floor; dining room gets a tiled stove.

• 1997

  Winter house built for ski tourers.

• 1972

  Hut returns to the section's full ownership.

• 1971

  Extensive renovation of the hut.

• 1950

  Section re-established in Baden-Württemberg after the Second World War.

• 1928

  Further extension and renovation.

• 1913

  Four-storey bed building added.

• 1896

  Hut expanded with a two-storey cross-wing.

• 1882

  Breslauer Hütte inaugurated on 20 August as an unstaffed shelter with 15 overnight places.

• 1877

  Sektion Breslau of the German and Austrian Alpine Club founded in Breslau on 30 November.

A traditional, environmentally certified Alpine club mountain hut serving mountaineers, climbers and ski tourers in the Ötztal Alps, operated on a non-profit association basis.

• Breslauer Hütte mountain refuge

  Staffed Alpine club hut at 2,844 m with dormitory accommodation and catering.

• Winter house

  Separate winter facility built in 1997 for ski tourers.

1. 1Sektion Breslau und Breslauer Hütte, Alpenverein, Klettervereinsektion-breslau.de
2. 2Geschichte der Sektionsektion-breslau.de
3. 3Breslauer Hütte – Wikidatawikidata.org
4. 4Breslauer Hütte – Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org