The history of the Dresdner Hütte

April 1873 - Foundation of the Dresden Committee and first considerations to build a refuge in the Tyrolean mountains

August 1875 - Opening of the Dresdner Hütte as first refuge of the Stubai Valley and twentieth refuge of the German and Austrian Alpine Club

September 1887 - Opening of a new chalet section (current position) to replace the too small refuge

1926/27 - Enlargement of the guest rooms

1946 - The Dresden Alpine Club Committees are cancelled from the association registry in Dresden

1945-1956 - Management of the chalet by Austrian administration bodies (trusteeship)

1956 - Assumption of the chalet administration by the Dresden Committee, which was re-founded in Wuppertal in 1953, in accordance with Austrian authorities

1965 - Renovation of the Dresdner Hütte, especially the sanitary facilities

1967 - Buyback of the Dresdner Hütte by the öAV and DAV

1968 - Enlargement of the longhouse and of the building annex

1973 - The Dresdner Hütte has new neighbours: the Stubai Glacier cableway is inaugurated

1990 - Enlargement of the guest rooms and of the storage and kitchen areas

2002 - Modernisation of the big dormitory, integration of fire protection systems and of a fire-proof stair

2006 Integration of a central storage heating system

2008 Renovation of the dormitories, of the superintendents’ apartment, the drying room and the ski storage room and amelioration of all fire protection systems as required by the authorities.

picture gallery

Bildergalerie Geschichte der Dresdner Hütte

old postcard of the Dresdner Hütte

alte Postkarte der Dresdner Hütte

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