The Rappensee Hut (german: Rappenseehütte) is an
Alpine Club hut
Alpine club huts (german: Alpenvereinshütten) or simply club huts (''Clubhütten'') form the majority of the over 1,300 mountain huts in the Alps and are maintained by branches, or sections, of the various Alpine clubs. Although the usual English ...
belonging to the Allgäu-Kempten Section of 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 ...
. With 304 bedspaces it is the largest of all the 327 huts of the German Alpine Club. It received a record number of guests on 19 September 1970 with 681 people overnighting. On average the hut has about 15,000 overnight stays per year.
Location
The
Category 1 hut is situated in the
Allgäu Alps
The Allgäu Alps (german: Allgäuer Alpen) are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, located in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany and Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Austria. The range lies directly east of Lake Constance.
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in southern
Germany
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, a few kilometres south of
Oberstdorf
Oberstdorf ( Low Alemannic: ''Oberschdorf'') is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. It is the southernmost settlement in Germany and one of its highest towns.
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on a grassy terrace near the lakes of Little and
Great Rappensee. The most important summits in the vicinity are the
Biberkopf
The Biberkopf is a 2,599 m high mountain in the Alps on the border between Germany and Austria.
Location and area
The Biberkopf lies on the main crest of the Allgäu Alps on the border between the Bavarian district of Oberallgäu and the ...
and
Hohes Licht. The well known
Heilbronn Way begins and ends to the east and above the Rappensee Hut.
History
The Rappensee Hut was built in 1885. After several extensions it has become the largest hut in the German Alpine Club.
In August 2009 after drinking water over 100 guests at the hut complained of gastroenteritis and circulatory problems and some had to be evacuated by helicopter and treated in hospital. Because the problem with the drinking water system was allegedly already known about, investigations were begun into the possibility of negligence. The case was decided on 6 July 2010 by the Sonthofen District Court who issued a fineof 2000 €.
Hut approaches
* From
Birgsau (956 m, bus from Oberstdorf) via Einödsbach and the Enzian Hut in ca. 4 hours
* From
Lechleiten (1,541 m,
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
) via the Lechleitner Alm in ca. 2½ hours
* From Prenten (Austria) through the Hochalpbach valley in ca. 4 hours
Crossings
The nearest other huts are
*
Waltenberger Haus (2,084 m, ca. 4 hours) on the
Heilbronn Way
*
Kemptner Hut (1,844 m, 5–6 hours) on the
Heilbronn Way
*
Mindelheimer Hut (2,058 m, ca. 4 hours)
*
EnzianHut (1,804 m, ca. 1 hour)
*
Fidere Pass Hut (2,067 m), with a climb to the Enzian Hut and Breitengernalpe (1,156 m) as well as the Fiderescharte (2,214 m)
*
Holzgauer Haus (1,512 m, ca. 3 hour).
Hiking routes
*
Heilbronn Way (''Heilbronner Weg'') to the
Kemptner Hut (ca. 5–6 hours)
*
Biberkopf
The Biberkopf is a 2,599 m high mountain in the Alps on the border between Germany and Austria.
Location and area
The Biberkopf lies on the main crest of the Allgäu Alps on the border between the Bavarian district of Oberallgäu and the ...
(2,599 m, ca. 2½ hours)
*
Hohes Licht (2,651 m, ca. 1½ hours)
*
Rappenseekopf
Rappenseekopf is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany.
Mountains of Bavaria
Mountains of the Alps
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(2,468 m, ca. 1 hours)
*
Hochrappenkopf (2,423 m, ca. 1 hours)
References
External links
Information about the hut at the Kempten DAV Section site
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Residential buildings completed in 1885
Mountain huts in Germany
Allgäu Alps
Oberallgäu