The Pfälzerhütte is a mountain hut belonging to the Liechtenstein Alpine Club. It is located at the Bettlerjoch pass at 2108 m above sea level in the Rätikon mountain range in Liechtenstein, directly on the Austrian border.
In 1925, the Association of Palatinate Sections of the German and Austrian Alpine Club was granted permission to build a managed mountain hut on the Bettlerjoch. From the architectural competition held in the autumn of 1926, which received 37 entries, the design by Ernst Sommerlad was selected. Construction took 113 days and cost 93,000 Swiss francs. The hut was opened on August 5, 1928. The first innkeepers were Ida and Hermann Ospelt from Vaduz, who ran the hut for eleven years. During the Second World War, the hut was looted and damaged several times.
After the end of the Second World War, Switzerland became the owner of the hut, and in 1950 it was acquired by the Liechtenstein Alpine Club, which paid 8400 francs for it (including its inventory). The purchase became legally binding in 1952 after Germany waived all claims arising from previous foreign sales. In 1964, the right of use of the hut was regulated between the Palatinate and Liechtenstein Alpine Clubs, who were now entitled to use the hut on an equal basis.
Those who found shelter, all before the hint:
- Eloy Cano
- Graham Hedley
- krenek
- Martin de Bock
- Phil Ower
- Garfield
- Bas van Limpt
- Lighthouse