Passauer Hütte

#1358 among destinations in Austria

Alpine hut, Hiking

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The Passauer Hütte is an alpine club hut of the Passau Section of the German Alpine Club and is located west above the Mittagsscharte in the Leoganger Steinberge in the west of the Austrian province of Salzburg in the municipality of Weißbach bei Lofer at an altitude of 2051 m a.s.l. The area belongs to the Grub forest district in the Falleck district of the Saalforste.

Coordinates: 47°28'27"N, 12°45'1"E

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SalzburgAustria

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Passauer Hütte – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lamprechtsofen, Mining and Gothic Museum, Birnhorn, Lofer Mountains.

3.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Trail
Lamprechtsofen
93 min walk • Lamprechtsofen, located in the heart of Austria's Alpine landscape, is one of the most remarkable and extensive cave systems in the world. With its passageways stretching over 51 kilometers in length, it offers a unique subterranean experience for both seasoned...
2.9 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum
Mining and Gothic Museum, Leogang
75 min walk • The Mining and Gothic Museum in Leogang, Austria is dedicated to the documentation of late medieval sacral art in relation to the culture of mining. It possesses a collection of Gothic sculptures of the miners’ patron saints from the Alps region. This collection is unique throughout Europe.
0.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Birnhorn
20 min walk • The Birnhorn is an isolated mountain in the Leoganger Steinberge, Northern Limestone Alps, Austria.
7.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Lofer Mountains
182 min walk • The Lofer Mountains or Loferer Mountains are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps in the Eastern Alps of central Europe. They are located in Austria in the federal states of Tyrol and Salzburg. The Lofers are separated from the Leogang Mountains to the southeast by a 1,202 m-high saddle known as the lang|de|Römersattel}}.
6.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Großes Ochsenhorn
156 min walk • Großes Ochsenhorn is a mountain in Salzburg, Austria. It is the highest mountain in the Loferer Steinberge range. It is surrounded by a karst plateau. The mountain's name in German is translated as "Great Oxen Horn". The nearest town is Lofer in the Saalachtal valley, and the mountain takes about six hours to climb from here.
5.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Seehorn
144 min walk • The Seehorn is a mountain, 2,321 m, in the Berchtesgaden Alps, in the Pinzgau region of Austria, not far from the border between the Austrian state of Salzburg and Bavaria in Germany.
6.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hocheisspitze, Berchtesgaden National Park
169 min walk • The Hocheisspitze is a 2,523 m high mountain in the Berchtesgaden Alps, over which the border between Germany and Austria runs. It is also the highest mountain in the eponymous Hocheis Group that belongs to the Hochkalter Massif.
0.9 miSW
Multi-peak range with caves and trails
Leogang Mountains
22 min walk • The Leogang Mountains are a mountain range in Austria in the state of Salzburg and form part of the Northern Limestone Alps within the Eastern Alps.
3.6 miN
Forts and castles
Burgruine Saalegg
93 min walk • Saalegg Castle is a ruined castle in the state of Salzburg, Austria.
5 miSE
Forts and castles
Schloss Dorfheim, Saalfelden
127 min walk • Schloss Dorfheim is located on the western edge of Saalfelden on the road to Leogang. The building only still has the character of a castle on the outside with a high hipped roof and the two remaining corner towers facing south.
5.6 miSE
Forts and castles
Schloss Lichtenberg
143 min walk • Schloss Lichtenberg, also Burg Lichtenberg, a former Pfleggericht, is a castle in Saalfelden, a municipality in the Austrian province of Salzburg.