Neue Traunsteiner Hütte

The Neue Traunsteiner Hütte is a mountain hut (Alpenvereinshütte) of the German Alpine Club (Deutscher Alpenverein), operated by its Traunstein section. It stands at roughly 1,600 metres on the wild, romantic high plateau of the Reiteralpe in the Berchtesgaden Alps, within the municipality of Schneizlreuth in Upper Bavaria, Germany, close to the Austrian border and inside the Berchtesgaden National Park. It is sometimes also called the Karl-Merkenschlager-Haus. A few hundred metres away, on the Austrian side, lies the older Alte Traunsteiner Hütte, which is not open to the public and now serves as a training centre for the Traunstein section. The hut presents itself as a paradise for hikers, mountaineers and climbers, and as a place where the quiet of nature is reserved for its guests. Its own description emphasises the connection between people and nature in the remoteness of the plateau, and the impulses and new energies that visitors take away with them. It functions as a central base for alpinists aiming at the summits of the Reiter Alm, with routes leading to peaks such as the Großer Weitschartenkopf, the Drei Brüder, the Großes Häuselhorn, the Wagendrischelhorn, the Stadelhorn, the Edelweißlahnerkopf and the Schottmalhorn. Access routes include the easy path from Oberjettenberg via the Schrecksattel, the partly steep Wachterlsteig from the Schwarzbachwacht on the B 305, the Eisbergscharte and Eisbergalm route from the Hintersee near Ramsau, and the Alpasteig and Alpa-Alm route from Reit near Unken. Beyond lodging and food for mountain visitors, the hut hosts activities such as yoga weeks, and its website carries current notices for guests — for example, a water shortage that led to the showers being closed and a charge for drinking water, and a yoga week that had to be cancelled because of illness. The building was constructed in 1938 and was most recently renovated in 1984. As a section hut of the German Alpine Club, it is a membership-oriented mountain hospitality and mountaineering facility rather than a conventional commercial hotel, though it operates under its own name and web presence.

The Neue Traunsteiner Hütte was built in 1938 on the Reiteralpe plateau in the Berchtesgaden Alps, in what is today the municipality of Schneizlreuth in Upper Bavaria, Germany, close to the Austrian border and within the Berchtesgaden National Park. It belongs to the German Alpine Club (Deutscher Alpenverein) and is run by its Traunstein section, which also maintains the older Alte Traunsteiner Hütte a few hundred metres away on the Austrian side; that older hut is no longer open to the public and now serves as a training centre for the section. The new hut is sometimes referred to as the Karl-Merkenschlager-Haus. It was most recently renovated in 1984. Over the decades it has served as a central base for alpinists climbing the summits of the Reiter Alm, and its access routes and nearby peaks are documented in mountaineering literature, including Hans Helmberger's history of the Traunstein section, 'Bergsteigerstadt Traunstein – Die ersten 100 Jahre', which discusses the Traunsteiner Hütte on the Reiter Alpe. In the 2020s the hut continues to operate as a staffed mountain refuge with a website announcing current conditions and activities, such as yoga weeks and notices about water supply.

• 2026

  The hut reports a severe water shortage, closing showers and charging for drinking water.

• 1984

  The hut is most recently renovated.

• 1938

  The Neue Traunsteiner Hütte is built on the Reiteralpe plateau.

A remote, nature-focused German Alpine Club hut serving hikers, mountaineers and climbers as a base on the Reiteralpe plateau.

• Mountain hut accommodation

• Food and drink for hikers and climbers

• Yoga weeks

1. 1Startseite - Neue Traunsteiner Hüttetraunsteinerhuette.com
2. 2Neue Traunsteiner Hütte - Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Neue Traunsteiner Hütte - Wikipédia (fr)fr.wikipedia.org