Lenggries - On a cloudless day with the best view, the Tölz section of the Alpine Club recently inaugurated the renovation of its 1,830 meter high "Tölzer Hut" on Schafreuter.
75 invited guests, including 14 members of the Tölzer Stadtkapelle and the alpine farmers from the neighborhood, had climbed the 900 meters in altitude over the sun-warmed southern flank to the panoramic balcony in an incomparable location in order to celebrate the successful work with the Alpine Club.
Ludwig Wucherpfennig, member of the executive board of the German Alpine Club, praised the “excellent approach” in this 1.45 million euro building project: The Tölzer section had taken the courageous decision not to continue to improve the hundred-year-old alpine accommodation house bit by bit, but to carry out a comprehensive general renovation. “The hut is unrecognizable,” said Wucherpfennig with appreciation.
Section chairman Benedikt Hirschmann was delighted with the “beautiful new hut” and thanked the planners and all craftsmen, volunteers and donors for the success of the project. The hosts Alexander and Sylvia Schrempf also contributed to this, who would have kept operations running in this extraordinarily difficult construction site, corona and bad weather season. Site manager Wolfgang Buchner “managed the smooth renovation and construction process wonderfully”.
Hüttenwart Max Nichtl praised the “huge commitment of all those involved” and also thanked the board and the office: “We were a great team.” The craftsmen involved would often have said to him: “We have never experienced such cohesion as on this unique construction site above Berg. "Nichtl also remembered chairman Paul Schenk, who died too early:" It was thanks to him that we tackled this project. "
District Administrator Niedermaier praises the Alpine Club
District Administrator Josef Niedermaier praised the social importance and the courage of the Alpine Club, whose difficult balancing act consists in "reconciling nature conservation for our home, people's needs for relaxation and difficult structural challenges such as fire protection".
The mayor of Tölz, Ingo Mehner, was one of the well-wishers.
He made it clear why the city was happy to take on a bank guarantee for the building project in Tyrol: "What the Alpine Association does here is for recreation and environmental education for the people and comes back as a benefit for the city and its citizens." The Alpine Association was able to take advantage of a particularly favorable savings bank loan from the guarantee.
The mayor of Gaißach, Stefan Fadinger, who often worked as a shepherd in the area, congratulated the Alpine Association on behalf of the alpine people and asked for applause for the hosts.
Christian Schindler presented a donation check on behalf of the Sparkasse.
Church blessing at 1,830 meters above sea level
Finally, Franciscan Father Thomas Abrell asked for the church's blessing for the hut and all the people who come and go there.
Since 2002 he has come to the mountain mass every year.
At first he still worked in the Tölz Franciscan monastery, but for many years he has been traveling with loyal ties especially from Osnabrück, 700 kilometers away.
Finally, the members of the Tölzer Stadtkapelle should also be mentioned, who climb up to the Tölzer Hütte every year to musically frame the mountain mass.
This time they stayed - 14 in number - for two days in order to help organize the mass on Sunday after the inauguration ceremony.
Rainer Bannier
