Karl Renner Haus
Encyclopedia
The Karl Renner Haus is a former mountain hut and now a sport hotel in the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria
. It lies in the upper Saalach valley (Land Salzburg) on the edge of Saalbach
-Hinterglemm at about 1,100 m above sea level and is managed by the Friends of Nature
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. It was financed from membership fees, ERP credits
and a mountain hut lottery and opened on 15 August 1952.
In the period of economic boom in the 1950s and 60s the Karl Renner Haus was a much sought-after holiday destination, but suffered from 1985 onwards because it had no access for motor vehicles, because the necessary repairs could not be carried out. This finally led to a new building being put up in 2006/07 and the Karl Renner Haus was opened again on 12 October 2008 as a sport hotel by the Friends of Nature.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. It lies in the upper Saalach valley (Land Salzburg) on the edge of Saalbach
Saalbach-Hinterglemm
Saalbach-Hinterglemm is a municipality in the district of Zell am See , in the Austrian state of Salzburg. It is well-known for its skiing and other winter sports...
-Hinterglemm at about 1,100 m above sea level and is managed by the Friends of Nature
Friends of Nature
Friends of Nature is an international movement with a background in the Social Democratic movement, which aims to make nature accessible to the wider community by providing appropriate recreational and travel facilities.-Background:It is a non-profit organisation which, in addition to encouraging...
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History
The Karl Renner Haus is named after the former Austrian politician and co-founder of the Friends of Nature, Karl RennerKarl Renner
Karl Renner was an Austrian politician. He was born in Untertannowitz in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and died in Vienna...
. It was financed from membership fees, ERP credits
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was the large-scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to combat the spread of Soviet communism. The plan was in operation for four years beginning in April 1948...
and a mountain hut lottery and opened on 15 August 1952.
In the period of economic boom in the 1950s and 60s the Karl Renner Haus was a much sought-after holiday destination, but suffered from 1985 onwards because it had no access for motor vehicles, because the necessary repairs could not be carried out. This finally led to a new building being put up in 2006/07 and the Karl Renner Haus was opened again on 12 October 2008 as a sport hotel by the Friends of Nature.
External links
- Hut description
- Haus brochure (Photos of the sport hotel)
- Hut finder