Knorr Hut DAV hut Category I |
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The Knorr Hut in the Wetterstein Mountains | |
Location | at the edge of the Zugspitzplatt above the Reintalanger; Valley base: Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
Range | Wetterstein Mountains |
Bavaria | |
Height | 2,052 m |
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Owner | DAV - Munich Section |
Built | 1855 |
Hut type | hut |
Open | end of May to start of October |
Accommodation | 34 beds, 74 mattresses |
Winter room | 4 mattresses |
Website | Hut website |
Hut reference | OeAV DAV |
The Knorr Hut is a mountain hut belonging to the German Alpine Club and located in the Wetterstein Mountains at a height of 2,052 m. Its lies right on the edge of the Zugspitzplatt where it drops into the Reintalanger in a location with scenic views and is an important base for hikers who can climb up to it on the normal route from the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen through the Reintal valley to Germany’s highest mountain, the Zugspitze.
The Knorr Hut is rated as category I, and belongs to the Munich Section of the German Alpine Club (DAV).
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The Knorr Hut was built by 1855 as a small, rude refuge hut, the merchant, Angelo Knorr, contributing "a significant sum of money" towards it. By 1860 the hut had become run down, because "the maintenance of the same had been paid little attention". Finally the Munich Section of the newly founded German Alpine Club took over the hut. As well as the section itself, "the Royal District Office of Werdenfels, as well as His Royal Highness Prince Otto of Bavaria and Mr Julius Knorr contributed a considerable sum" towards its upgrade and extension. On 10 August 1873[1] the work had proceeded sufficiently, that the newly-built hut could be handed over to fulfil its purpose. At that time it offered "comfortable accommodation" for 20 to 25 people (overnighting for 12 people).[1] A contemporary publication describes the hut in the following words:
Built entirely of ashlar, it actually consists of two or three rooms. The front room, about 5 metres square, serves as a living room and therefore contains tables and benches, some benches being fixed to the walls with storage chests underneath and others that are movable. It also acts as a kitchen because there is a very comprehensive cooking stove as well as a dish rack with all the utensils needed in a kitchen. The slightly higher, second room behind it is the length of a tall man and and contains 3 large straw mattresses with woollen blankets, and can comfortably sleep 9 men. The third room is above the front room and offers accommodation that can take 12 men very comfortably on straw bedding. This room is actually intended for the leaders, but can be used by tourists who are not able to have the key to the hut... easily and by means of a ladder leaning against the hut.