| Wangenitzsee Hut | |
| Native Name: | Wangenitzseehütte |
| Country: | Austria |
| State: | Carinthia |
| National Park: | Hohe Tauern National Park |
| Mountain Range: | Schober group, Alps |
| Location: | Directly on the Wangenitzsee |
| Place: | Mörtschach |
| Iso Region: | AT-2 |
| Coordinates: | 46.9303°N 12.8°W |
| Elevation: | 2508 |
| Elevation Ref Point: | AT |
| Owner: | Austrian Alpine Club, Lienz Section |
| Url: | www.wangenitzseehuette.at |
| Bunks: | 25 |
| Mattresses: | 38 |
| Accessed By: | Material ropeway |
| Ac Hut: | OeAV |
| Type: | hut |
| Ac Category: | 1 |
| Id-Oeav: | 1311 |
| Id-Dav: | Wangenitzseehuette/6938828/ |
| Winter Room: | Located in ropeway building; open, with accommodation for 10 people[1] |
The Wangenitzsee Hut (de|Wangenitzseehütte) is a mountain hut in Hohe Tauern National Park, in Carinthia, Austria. It is situated directly on the Wangenitzsee, the largest lake of the Schober group of the Eastern Alps. At an altitude of 2508m (8,228feet) above sea level (AA),[2] it is the highest hut in the Schober group.[3] Depending on the weather, it opens in the middle of June and closes at the end of September. It is located on the, and is supplied by a material ropeway from the Debanttal.[4]
The first hut was built by the Moravia/Brno section of the German Alpine Club (de|Deutscher Alpenverein (DAV)) in 1927, but it was looted and burned down in 1947. In 1966, a new, larger building was opened. This building was a club hut of the until 2009, when the Lienz Section of the Austrian Alpine Club (de|Österreichischer Alpenverein (ÖAV)) took over.[1]