The History of the Dresdner Hütte

April 1873 – foundation of the Dresden Section and first plans for building a refuge in the Tyrolean mountains

August 1875 – inauguration of the hut as first refuge of the Stubai Valley and as 20th hut of the German and Austrian Alpine Club

September 1887 – inauguration of the new building of the hut at today's location as replacement for the old hut, which has become too small

1926/27 – extension of the guest parlours

1946 – The Dresden Alpine Club Sections are deleted from the Dresden club register.

1945-1956 – The hut is placed under trusteeship of Austrian authorities.

1956 – The hut is again administrated by the re-established Dresden Section (1953) with seat in the Wuppertal in accordance with the Austrian authorities.

1965 – renovation of the Dresdner Hütte, especially of the sanitary facilities

1967 – The Dresdner Hütte is bought back by the Austrian resp. the German Alpine Club

1968 – extension of the main building and the annex

1973 - The Dresdner Hütte gets neighbours – the Stubai Gletscherbahn lift starts operating.

1990 – extension of the guest parlours, the storage rooms and the kitchen

2002 – The large dormitory is rebuilt to a modern version and fire protection facilities are installed. The stairwell is made fireproof.

2006 – installation of a central storage heating system

2008 – renovation of the dormitory building, the apartment of the lease holders, the drying and ski storage room and extension of all fire protection facilities to fit the requirements of authorities.