Every real Weidner is familiar with the Strobelhütte, certainly you too. For more than 60 years it has been a popular destination for hikers and walkers, on the Fischerberg under the Vierlingsturm and it also has an eventful history.
It all began with a discarded railway wagon, which in 1947 was to serve as a storage facility on the initiative of the first chairman of the OWV branch association, Hans Dunkl, which was re-established after World War II. This wagon should be the replacement for the no longer existing shelter hut. Because already after the construction of the Vierlingsturm in 1924, such a hut was built on the northeast side. But during the Second World War it inexplicably disappeared without a trace.
Now that hikers came to the Fischerberg again, the OWV wanted to offer accommodation again. Thanks to the good connections between the chairman and the active member Ignaz Mühlhofer, to the Reichsbahn repair shop, the association was able to purchase a decommissioned freight car. It was a very arduous undertaking to move the eight-meter-long and six-tonne colossus to the 633-meter-high Fischerberg. But with the support of the construction company Sager and Wörner, numerous members of the association and technical help from low loaders, caterpillar tractors, winches and various planks, it was possible to bring the colossus to its predetermined place in three days of hard work. Once at its destination, everyone set to work to transform the old car body into a cozy utility room. Above all, this realization was owed to the joiner at RAW Ludwig Hollweck, an active and committed member of the association.