Rappensee Hut
{{short description|Alpine Club hut}}
{{Infobox hut
| name = Rappensee Hut
| image = Rappenseehütte 180806.jpg
| caption =
| region =
| admin_district =
| mountain_range = Allgäu Alps
| location = near the Rappensee
| place = Oberstdorf
| coordinates = {{coord|47.288917|10.254917|type:landmark_region:DE-BY|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = 2091
| built =
| material =
| owner = DAV - Allgäu-Kempten Section
| url = http://www.rappenseehuette.de
| bunks = 115
| mattresses = 189
| accom_notes =
| when_open = mid-June to mid-October
| accessed_by =
| AC_hut = DAV
| type = hut
| AC_category = 1
| ID-OeAV = 0715
| ID-DAV = 222503
| shakedowns =
| bedspaces =
| winter_room = 24
}}
The Rappensee Hut ({{langx|de|Rappenseehütte}}) is an Alpine Club hut belonging to the Allgäu-Kempten Section of the German Alpine Club. With 304 bedspaces it is the largest of all the 327 huts of the German Alpine Club.{{cite web | url=http://www.alpenverein.de/chameleon/outbox/public/c5e262b2-8047-d672-372c-55617e766258/Panorama-1-2013-Thema-Alpenvereinshuetten_20812.pdf |title=Bergerlebnis Alpenvereinshütten: Starke Marke – Stolz und Last |author=Andi Dick |publisher=German Alpine Club |work=Panorama – Magazine of the German Alpine Club |pages=38–45 |date=Jan 2013 |access-date=2013-01-21 | format=pdf; 1.3 MB}} 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.davplus.de/uploads/images/Aw7bgEn110O0okr0WjJmJQ/aw2_thema_seite_006_027.pdf |title=Einkehr – Zuflucht – Unterkunft: Berghütten in den Alpen |author=Gaby Funk |publisher=Munich Section of the German Alpine Club |work=alpinwelt – The mountain magazine for Munich and Oberland |pages=6–27 |date=2012-05-21 |access-date=2013-01-21| format=pdf; 6.2 MB}}
Location
The Category 1 hut is situated in the Allgäu Alps in southern Germany, a few kilometres south of Oberstdorf on a grassy terrace near the lakes of Little and Great Rappensee. The most important summits in the vicinity are the Biberkopf 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/allgaeu-wanderer-erkrankt-miese-erreger-im-wasser-1.159983 |title=Miese Erreger im Wasser |work=Süddeutsche Zeitung |date=2009-08-09 |access-date=2014-05-18}}{{cite web |url=http://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.bayern-dreckiges-wasser-40-wanderer-mit-helikopter-ausgeflogen.c6886eb9-07e5-4b82-8a12-f69cd2d51378.html |title=Dreckiges Wasser: 40 Wanderer mit Helikopter ausgeflogen |work=Abendzeitung |date=2009-08-09 |access-date=2014-05-18}} Because the problem with the drinking water system was allegedly already known about, investigations were begun into the possibility of negligence.{{cite web |url=http://www.spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/darmgrippe-im-allgaeu-145-wanderer-erkranken-auf-almhuette-a-641334.html |title=Darmgrippe im Allgäu: 145 Wanderer erkranken auf Almhütte |work=Spiegel Online |date=2009-08-09 |access-date=2014-05-18}} The case was decided on 6 July 2010 by the Sonthofen District Court who issued a fineof 2000 €.{{cite web |url=http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/bayern/Verfahren-gegen-Huettenwirt-eingestellt-id8105191.html |title=Verfahren gegen Hüttenwirt eingestellt |work=Augsburger Allgemeine |date=2010-07-06 |access-date=2014-05-18}}
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) 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 (2,599 m, ca. 2½ hours)
- Hohes Licht (2,651 m, ca. 1½ hours)
- Rappenseekopf (2,468 m, ca. 1 hours)
- Hochrappenkopf (2,423 m, ca. 1 hours)
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Rappenseehütte}}
- [http://www.alpenverein-kempten.de/index.php?id=49 Information about the hut at the Kempten DAV Section site]
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Category:Residential buildings completed in 1885