Many day-trippers use the quiet location of the Miesbacher Hütte in the forest on the frozen Spitzingsee as a sheltered place to relieve themselves.
Much to the annoyance of the keeper.
Spitzingsee
- The shutters of the Miesbacher Hütte, which are permanently closed due to the lockdown, are more of an invitation these days.
"People feel unobserved," says Siegfried Rummel.
The hut warden of the Miesbach Alpine Club section, who owns the hut on the sun-drenched Platzerl on the west bank of the Spitzingsee, can have unpleasant consequences.
Countless paper handkerchiefs lie under the trees.
Rummel knows only too well what they are hiding: human legacies.
The hut warden is already dreading the spring thaw.
"Then I have to put away all the makeshifts."
In an interview with our newspaper, Rummel makes it clear that he has no problem with the many strollers or ice skaters on the Spitzingsee.
“I understand everyone who wants to be in the great outdoors.” He can also tolerate the fact that some people would use the hut's terrace to sunbathe during a break, despite the locked tables and benches.
However, what visitors leave behind around the house stinks hype.
He regularly clears away empty beer bottles and cigarette packs.
He even found a broken bob in the forest and disposed of it.
At least when it comes to going to the toilet, one could find a remedy, says the hut warden.
For example, if the community and the parking lot owners put up a few Dixi toilets.
As is well known, the Alpenbahnen are already doing this.
They include the higher cost of regular cleaning in the parking fee of ten euros per day.
At the curve lift, however, the ticket costs only five euros.
You couldn't offer toilets there, Rummel learned when asked.
After all, the community maintains public toilets in the former parish hall in Spitzingsee, near the St. Bernhard church.
But it will stay that way.
Schliersee's mayor clearly rejects a request for Dixi toilets.
"In no case" will he have more mobile toilets installed, he says on request.
The community simply does not have the personnel capacities to disinfect and ventilate them regularly.
This still works in the parish hall.
Schnitzenbaumer also fears that the community will be held responsible if someone should become infected with the corona virus in inadequately cleaned public toilets.
Hüttenwart Rummel appeals to the day trippers to use the toilets in the parking lots or in the village despite the further way.
"Thanks to the frozen lake," he says, "you can now take a shortcut and get there faster."
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