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In the 140 pages described there are entries from painters, scientists, cartographers and artisans, sometimes also mountain guides. President Leopold von Hofmann was the first hiker immortalized on August 6, 1868 in the tourism book that he had brought with him. According to a report by Michael Guggenberger for the September issue of ÖAV “Bergauf” magazine, the cabin’s most famous guests were also future Federal President Michael Hainisch, who visited the cabin with his mother and little sister Maria when he was ten. years. In 1894, even Emperor Franz Josef returned to Rainerhütte.
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Rainerhütte’s cabin book.
Rainerhütte built in 1868
The Rainerhütte was built in June 1868 and is named after Archduke Rainer, the protector of the Alpine Club. It is considered the first alpine club cabin in Austria.
The newspapers described the structure of the hut as follows: It was “completely walled up, because the wood has to be transported by the Schranbach for two hours, covered with tiles and knocked down. In front of the door, on both sides, there are benches. The interior consists in reverse of the bed of fresh hay – the stranger must have the blankets with him – then a small stove, a table, the necessary chairs and all the other accessories necessary for cooking, eating, drinking – in the simplest way. “According to old newspaper reports, sleeping places are only available for four people. Milk, cream, butter, and rye bread, as well as the key to the cabin, were available on the next Alpine meadow.
Submerged in the reservoir in the 1950s
Anyone looking for the Rainerhütte today will search in vain. In the 1950s, according to the ÖAV, it sank into the reservoir along with all the other buildings located on the so-called waterfall floor.
What remains is the memory, partially documented in the 140 pages of the newly acquired tourism book. “We thought this cabin book from the Austrian Alpine Club’s first refuge was long lost. We were recently able to acquire it as testimony to our historical archive,” writes Guggenberger, head of public relations at PES. Now it would be in the warehouse at the Alpine Club alongside a wealth of exhibits.
(Those: APA)
