Franz Senn Hut

Franz Senn Hut

The Franz Senn Hut
Franz Senn Hut
Franz Senn Hut (Austria)
Coordinates 47°05′06″N 11°10′08″E / 47.085°N 11.16889°E / 47.085; 11.16889Coordinates: 47°05′06″N 11°10′08″E / 47.085°N 11.16889°E / 47.085; 11.16889
Country Austria
Administrative
district
Tyrol
Location Hinteres Oberbergtal
Elevation 2,147 m (7,044 ft) AA
Construction
Built in 1885 (1885)
Administration
Hut type OeAV Hut Category I
Owner Innsbruck Section
Website www.franzsennhuette.at
Facilities
Beds/Bunks 180
Mattresses 80
Emergency beds 100
Winter room 12
Accommodation open
Opening times mid-June to mid-October
Footnotes
Hut reference OeAV DAV
View down valley to the hut

The Franz Senn Hut (German: Franz-Senn-Hütte) is a large and very popular Category I alpine hut in the Stubai Alps owned by the Austrian Alpine Club (Österreichischer Alpenverein).[1] It is a large, well-appointed hut, named after Franz Senn. Access is from Oberiss in the Oberbergtal off the Stubaital above Neustift.[2]

History

The Franz Senn Hut was opened on 15 September 1885 having cost 3,000 florins. At the time it had accommodation for 37 people including 4 women. It was extended in 1907/08 to 20 beds and 60 shakedowns and again in 1932/33 to 80 beds and 80 sleeping places. During the Second World War a goods cableway was erected. In 1960 the hut's capacity was increase to 220.[3]

The hut was named after a mountaineering pastor.[1]

Access

Ascent

Summits accessible from the Franz Senn Hut


Transits

The hut is on the Stubai Hohenweg, an 8-day high level trail around the Stubai; neighbouring huts on the trail are the Starkenburger Hut and the New Regensburg Hut.

Huts

Places

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Reynolds, Kev (2009). Walking in Austria, 1st ed., Cicerone, Milnthorpe, p. 125, ISBN 978-1-85284-538-4.
  2. Walter Klier: AVF alpin Stubaier Alpen, Bergverlag Rother, Ottobrunn, ISBN 978-3-7633-1271-9
  3. Die Chronik in aller Kürze at www.franzsennhuette.at. Retrieved 5 Dec 2015.
  4. 1 2 Walter Klier, Stubaier Alpen, Alpenvereinsführer
  5. Die Lüsenserspitze 3230m at www.franzsennhuette.at. Retrieved 5 Dec 2015.

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