The New Bamberg Hut (german: Neue Bamberger Hütte) lies at 1,756 m AMSL in the Kelchsau in the

Kitzbühel Alps The Kitzbühel Alps (german: Kitzbüheler Alpen or ''Kitzbühler Alpen'') are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps surrounding the town of Kitzbühel in Tyrol, Austria. Geologically they are part of the western slate zone (greywacke zone) ...

in Austria and is a mountain hut owned by the

German Alpine Club The German Alpine Club (german: links=no, Deutscher Alpenverein, DAV for short) is the world's largest climbing association and the eighth-largest sporting association in Germany. It is a member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation and the ...

Bamberg Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castle. C ...

Section. The hut may be reached either from the

Kelchsau Hopfgarten im Brixental is a market town in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the Kitzbühel district. It is located at an elevation of 622 m above sea level. With an area of 166.57 km² it is the largest municipality in the district, and among ...

– from the ''Gasthof Wegscheid'' inn in the ''Kurzen Grund'' in just under 2 hours or from

Salzburg state Salzburg (, ; bar, Soizbuag, label=Austro-Bavarian) (also known as ''Salzburgerland'') is a state (''Land'') of the modern Republic of Austria. It is officially named ''Land Salzburg'' to distinguish it from its eponymous capital — the city of S ...

, from ''Gasthof Ronach'' on the old Gerlos Road over the ''Salzachjoch'' saddle in about 3½ hours.

History

The first Bamberg Hut was built in 1893/94 by the Bamberg Section at the foot of

Piz Boè Piz Boè is the highest mountain of the Sella Group, a mountain-range in the Dolomites, Italy. It has an elevation of . Located in the heart of the Dolomites, the mountain has a beautiful pyramid summit. Its popularity has increased as it is ...

in the

Sella Group The Sella group (german: Sellagruppe, Ladin: ''Mëisules'' or ''L Sela'') is a plateau-shaped massif in the Dolomites mountains of northern Italy. The Sella lies north of the Marmolada and to the east of the Langkofel. The highest peak is Piz Boè ...

in the Dolomites. They were dispossessed of this hut in 1919 by the

Treaty of Saint Germain The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (french: Traité de Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was signed on 10 September 1919 by the victorious Allies of World War I on the one hand and by the Republic of German-Austria on the other. Like the Treaty of Tria ...

and the hut was given to the

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's ''Società degli Alpinisti Tridentini'' Section. The latter repaired the hut which had been badly damaged in the

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and ran it under the name of Boè Hut.Egon Pracht: ''Alpenvereinsführer Dolomiten Sellagruppe''. Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich 1980, {{ISBN, 3-7633-1303-6. Randzahl 38History of the Bamberg Section
/ref> In 1955 the section bought the Hopfgarten Ski Hut (''Hopfgartner Skihütte'') from the ski club in Hopfgarten. It was in a poor constructional state and required immediate renovation work. In 1958 the hut was expanded and the kitchen, drainage, pressure pipes and drinking water pipes were refurbished. In 1960 the Hopfgarten Hut was finally renamed the New Bamberg Hut (''Neue Bamberger Hütte''). In 1962 the

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was built. Further renovations took place in 1978, 1991 and 2000.

Winter tour destinations

Schafsiedel The Schafsiedel is a high mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria. It is one of the highest peaks on the main crest of the Kitzbühel Alps. It also the summit most frequently climbed from the New Bamberg Hut, not least because of the 3 mountai ...

*Aleitenspitze *Schwebenkopf *

Salzachgeier The Salzachgeier () is a rugged peak on the edge of the Kitzbühel Alps on the border of the Austrian states of Salzburg and Tyrol. In the cirques and high alpine meadows (''Hochalmen'') of its eastern slopes and the two neighbouring peaks of ''F ...

*Tristkopf *

Kröndlhorn The Kröndlhorn is a high mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria. It is one of the highest mountains on the main crest of the Kitzbühel Alps. The state border between Tyrol and Salzburger Land runs over its summit. Location The Kröndlho ...

*Fünfmandling *Nandernachjoch *Markkirchl

Summer hiking tours

*The Wildalmseen, 1,900 to 2,300 m *Tristkopf, 2,359 m, ca. 2 hours *

, 2,447 m, ca. 2½ hours *

, 2,444 m, ca. 2½ hours *Salzachgeier, 2,466 m, ca. 3½ hours

References

Mountain huts in Tyrol (state) Kitzbühel District