The name "heap" indicates mining. The hotel itself is on a waste dump. The Schauinsland was called "Erzkasten" for centuries and today is still undermined by kilometer-long tunnels and multi-storey shafts. Silver as a decorative metal and lead for the Fensterbau (version of glass) were promoted and were sought after and expensive. Later, zinc was extracted. When hiking you can often see outcrops on the slope and preceding dumps. There you can occasionally also find beautiful mountain crystals and fluorsparate -seltener galena and sphalerite. Through ore mining had become rich Freiburg (from 1385-1805 capital of the Middle of Austria) and the cities worth visiting Staufen and Sulzburg.
Due to the altitude (1.147m) on the central massif in the Feldberg-Schauinsland-Belchen triangle, summer and ski hikes without great differences in height are possible with magnificent views of the Alps and Vosges, the "Westweg" is very close.

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Alpapone

August 18, 2017

The hotel is well suited as a start / finish of a hike. Accessible by public transport.

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Chris🐼

February 18, 2020

If you have a long hike in front of and behind you, it is a good place to stop and refresh yourself.

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Elevation 1,210 m

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Sunday 11 January

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-6°C

76 %

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