3rd June 1937
JB: Schneefernerhaus
Postcard depicting the Münchnerhaus on the Zugspitze. The Münchner Haus ('Munich House') on Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze, is an Alpine Club hut belonging to the Munich Section of the German Alpine Club (DAV). The foundation stone for the Münchner Haus was laid in 1894. Construction was very controversial and led to a rift within the Munich Section of the German Alpine Club, the outcome of which was the foundation of the Bayerland Section. Three years later the Alpine Club celebrated the opening of the hut on 19th September 1897. On 19th July 1900 the meteorological station with its prominent tower was inaugurated. The first meteorologist on the Zugspitze was Josef Enzensperger, who was the first to winter alone in 1900/1901. To the reverse is postage stamp Mi.647 (taken from the lower left portion of Block 8 miniature sheet). The stamp is tied with JB:Schneefernerhaus1/670. Ref: 03.06.1937
SCHNEERFERNERHAUS
cancellation as featured in the Bochmann catalogues (1952)
Note: This is the only special cancellation for Schneerfernerhaus of the 3rd Reich period.
'Baÿrischen Zugspitzbahn'
The Bavarian Zugspitzbahn is, along with the Wendelsteinbahn , the Drachenfelsbahn and the Stuttgart rack railway, one of four rack railways still in operation in Germany.
The meter-gauge line leads from the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district of Garmisch to the Zugspitze , the highest mountain in Germany. It is operated by the Bayerische Zugspitzbahn Bergbahn AG (BZB), a subsidiary of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen municipal utility company. In 2007, the Zugspitzbahn was nominated for the award of 'Historic Landmark of Civil Engineering in Germany'.
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