Edenkobener Hütte am Hüttenbrunnen

The Edenkobener Hütte am Hüttenbrunnen is a managed hiking shelter (Schutzhütte) in the Palatinate Forest (Pfälzerwald) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is operated by the Edenkoben local branch (Ortsverein Edenkoben) of the Pfälzerwald-Verein, a regional hiking and heritage association. The hut stands at an elevation of 367 metres above sea level in the southern part of the Haardt range, within the Edenkobener Tal valley. Nearby is the Ritterstein No. 235 Hüttenbrunnen, a marked stone at the spring of the same name where several small streams converge to form the Triefenbach. The building was erected in 1870 as a rustic stone house and has been owned by the Pfälzerwald-Verein since 1929. Over the decades it has been extended and restored by the Edenkoben group. As a managed shelter it offers food and drink to hikers and, because it provides overnight accommodation, serves as a station on long-distance walking routes through the Palatinate Forest. The hut is located on Kreisstraße 6 between Edenkoben and Forsthaus Heldenstein, with a hikers' car park immediately adjacent. It is a starting point for numerous walks: to the south lies the path junction at Kohlplatz, to the north the junction at the St.-Martiner Hütte, and to the west the Lolosruhe. From these points hikers can reach the Kesselberg (662 m), the Frankenfelsen, the Modenbachtal and the Blättersberg (618 m) via Kohlplatz; the Hochberg (636 m) and the Sankt Martiner Tal via the St.-Martiner Hütte; and the Steigerkopf (613 m) with the Schänzelturm via the Lolosruhe. Neighbouring Pfälzerwald-Verein huts include the Haus an den Fichten, the Totenkopfhütte, the Waldhaus Drei Buchen, the Amicitia-Hütte and the Schweizerhaus; the Nellohütte is another nearby hiking shelter. Since 2021 the hut has been part of the entry "Pfälzerwaldhütten-Kultur" (Palatinate Forest Hut Culture) on the German UNESCO Commission's list of intangible cultural heritage, together with the other houses of the Pfälzerwald-Verein. The hut is documented in regional hiking literature, including A. K. Doerr's Pfälzer Hüttenbuch and Matthias Wittber's guide to the Pfälzerwald.

The Edenkobener Hütte am Hüttenbrunnen was built in 1870 as a rustic stone house in the Edenkobener Tal valley in the southern Haardt, part of the Palatinate Forest in what is now Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It stands at 367 metres above sea level, close to the Hüttenbrunnen spring, where several small watercourses join to form the Triefenbach; the site is marked today by Ritterstein No. 235. In 1929 the building passed into the ownership of the Pfälzerwald-Verein, the regional hiking association founded in the late 19th century to promote walking, nature conservation and the maintenance of trails and shelters in the Palatinate Forest. The Edenkoben local branch (Ortsverein Edenkoben) took responsibility for the house and, over the following decades, extended and restored it, turning it into a managed shelter offering refreshments and overnight accommodation to hikers. The hut is one of a network of houses maintained by the Pfälzerwald-Verein across the region. Its neighbours include the Haus an den Fichten, the Totenkopfhütte, the Waldhaus Drei Buchen, the Amicitia-Hütte and the Schweizerhaus, while the Nellohütte is another nearby hiking shelter not run by the association. Because it offers overnight accommodation, the Edenkobener Hütte serves as a station on long-distance walking routes through the Palatinate Forest. In 2021 the hut, together with the other houses of the Pfälzerwald-Verein, became part of the entry "Pfälzerwaldhütten-Kultur" (Palatinate Forest Hut Culture) on the list of intangible cultural heritage in Germany maintained by the German UNESCO Commission. The hut is described in regional hiking literature, including A. K. Doerr's Pfälzer Hüttenbuch (4th edition, 2018) and Matthias Wittber's guide Pfälzerwald mit Bienwald (2009), and appears on official topographic and hiking maps of the region.

• 2021

  The hut becomes part of the "Pfälzerwaldhütten-Kultur" entry on Germany's intangible cultural heritage list.

• 1929

  The building comes into the ownership of the Pfälzerwald-Verein.

• 1870

  The hut is built as a rustic stone house in the Edenkobener Tal.

A traditional, association-run hiking shelter in the Palatinate Forest, valued as a rest and overnight stop on long-distance trails and recognised as part of Germany's intangible cultural heritage.

• Managed hiking shelter (Schutzhütte) with food and drink

• Overnight accommodation for hikers

1. 1PWV Edenkobenpwv-edenkoben.de
2. 2Edenkobener Hütte am Hüttenbrunnen – Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org
3. 3Edenkobener Hütte am Hüttenbrunnen – Wikidatawikidata.org