Krefelder Hütte

Krefelder Hütte is an Alpine Club hut (Alpenvereinshütte) belonging to the Sektion Krefeld of the Deutscher Alpenverein (German Alpine Club). It stands at 2,295 m above sea level on the Roßkopf, below the Kitzsteinhorn, in the southwestern part of the Austrian federal state of Salzburg. The hut is a mountain refuge and base for hikers, climbers and ski tourers in the Glocknergruppe area, reached from the Kaprun glacier lift system, from Niedernsill, from Kaprun via the Maiskogel, and from the Enzingerboden and Wüstlau areas. The Sektion Krefeld was founded in 1894 within the Deutscher und Österreichischer Alpenverein and soon acquired a plot on the Roßkopf. The foundation stone for the Krefelder Hütte was laid in 1907, and the spacious natural-stone house was completed in 1909. During the First World War it was occupied by Austrian soldiers; after the Second World War it served as accommodation for American forces and was used as a ski school. The hut was extended and modernised in 1969, connected to the electricity grid in 1987, and connected to the sewer network in 1998 via a 167-metre-deep core drilling. In 2000 the large dormitories were converted into more modern four-bed rooms. As a DAV section hut, the Krefelder Hütte is operated by volunteers and staff of the Sektion Krefeld and serves the classic Alpine Club functions of accommodation, food and mountain information. It is a starting point for summit ascents such as the Kitzsteinhorn (3,203 m) and the Großes Wiesbachhorn (3,564 m), the latter requiring glacier experience, ice axe and crampons. It also functions as a stage on multi-day crossings, for example to the Salzburger Hütte, the Rudolfshütte via the Kleinschmiedinger Scharte or the Maurerkogelscharte. The hut is documented in Alpine Club literature and maps, including the 2007 centenary article in DAV Panorama and the Alpenvereinskarte 1:25,000, sheet 30, Glocknergruppe.

The Krefelder Hütte is an Alpine Club hut of the Sektion Krefeld of the Deutscher Alpenverein, located at 2,295 m above sea level on the Roßkopf below the Kitzsteinhorn in the southwestern part of the Austrian federal state of Salzburg. The Sektion Krefeld was founded in 1894 within the Deutscher und Österreichischer Alpenverein and soon acquired a plot of land on the Roßkopf. In 1907 the foundation stone was laid for the Krefelder Hütte, a spacious natural-stone house, which was completed in 1909. During the First World War the hut was occupied by Austrian soldiers. After the Second World War it served as accommodation for American forces and was used as a ski school. In 1969 the hut was extended and modernised. It was connected to the electricity grid in 1987, and to the sewer network in 1998 via a 167-metre-deep core drilling. In 2000 the large dormitories were converted into more modern four-bed rooms. The hut is documented in Alpine Club literature, including a 2007 centenary article in DAV Panorama, and appears on the Alpenvereinskarte 1:25,000, sheet 30, Glocknergruppe.

• 2007

  Centenary article published in DAV Panorama.

• 2000

  Large dormitories converted into modern four-bed rooms.

• 1998

  Connection to the sewer network via a 167-metre-deep core drilling.

• 1987

  Connection to the electricity grid.

• 1969

  The hut was extended and modernised.

• 1945

  After the Second World War the hut served as accommodation for American forces and as a ski school.

• 1914

  During the First World War the hut was occupied by Austrian soldiers.

• 1909

  Completion of the Krefelder Hütte as a spacious natural-stone house.

• 1907

  Foundation stone laid for the Krefelder Hütte on the Roßkopf.

• 1894

  Sektion Krefeld founded within the Deutscher und Österreichischer Alpenverein.

A traditional Alpine Club refuge in the Glocknergruppe, operated by the DAV Sektion Krefeld for mountaineers and ski tourers.

• Mountain hut accommodation

• Dormitory and four-bed rooms

• Food and drink service

• Mountain information

1. 1Krefelder Hütte – Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org
2. 2Krefelder Hütte – Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Krefelder Hütte official websitekrefelderhuette.com
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