|
|
|
|
|
At the end of the forest road climbing from Maiern along the Lazzacher Tal, opposite the Moarer Almhütte, at 2,112 metres, are the remains of the Poschhaus walls. For centuries in this spot, there was a house with a stable and a depot, in which the animal drivers left their ore after hauling it across the Schneebergscharte or the Sandjoch, and where they found board and lodging for themselves and their horses. The original name of this house was Kastenwirtshaus (depot inn). In 1871, when the railway was built to carry the ore, the depot was no longer used and the building fell into decay.
In 1911, the ministerial councillor of the Imperial Ministry for Public Works at Vienna, Anton Edler von Posch, had all the buildings reconstructed, and since then it has been called Poschhaus. The locals still today often call it Beim Kasten (‘near the depot’). There was an inn, a kitchen, five bedrooms, and sheds for about 40 cattle. Above the sheds was a large dormitory, where about 50 people could sleep. Until 1954, the Poschhaus was also used as a refuge for the Moarerberg pastures. But the building was principally an important point of reference for the miners on the long route from Ridnaun to Schneeberg and back again. It was often necessary for the innkeeper, with some helpers, to go to the Kaindljoch (Schneebergscharte) to bring down miners, exhausted by the snow which was sometimes several metres deep, and allow them to rest and recover. Several times a year there were also parties, with dancing, card-playing, skiing competitions and other entertainments. The last innkeeper of the Poschhaus, Stefan Wurzer of Ridnaun, still tells many tales about the Poschhaus. When mining at St. Martin ceased and the Poschhaus gallery was completed (1962-67), the inn lost its main function and fell into disuse.
|
You are here:
history
history of mining on Schneeberg
|