Heilbronn Chapel at Dachstein Krippenstein

Obertraun, Oberösterreich, Österreich

All weather
Suitable for groups
Suitable for pushchairs

The Heilbronn chapel on the Dachstein Krippenstein is a monument to a mountain tragedy in 1954.

Heilbronn Dachstein Catastrophe

13 people (3 teachers and 10 students) lost their lives at Easter 1954 in a snowstorm on the Dachstein massif. Despite unfavourable weather conditions, the group ventured to climb up on Thursday. It was not until Easter Tuesday that the first victims were found. The search operation was one of the largest in alpine history with over 400 mountain rescuers. The Heilbronn Chapel on the Dachstein Krippenstein serves as a memorial to the mountain tragedy.

The Heilbronner Circular Trail leads to the place where the victims were found in 1954. A simple wooden cross stands quietly in remembrance of that place.

Experiene a 360° panorama tour of the Dachstein Krippenstein…

Opening hours

during the operating hours of the Dachstein Krippenstein cable car

open to the public

Arrival

Accessibility / arrival

by car
from Salzburg:
Exit Thalgau via federal road B158 towards Bad Ischl, in Bad Ischl drive onto Salzkammergut Street B145 towards Bad Goisern, in Bad Goisern turn right onto B166, at the Gosaumühle junction turn left through Hallstatt to Obertraun
from Linz:
Exit Regau via federal road Salzkammergut street B145 towards Gmunden and Bad Ischl to Bad Goisern, in Bad Goisern turn right onto B166, at the Gosaumühle junction turn left through Hallstatt to Obertraun
from Vienna/Graz:
Exit Liezen via federal road B320, in Trautenfels drive onto Salzkammergut street B145 towards Bad Aussee, turn onto Koppen street to Obertraun
from Villach:
Tauern motorway to exit "Eben im Pongau", via B166 Pass Gschütt federal road through Gosau, at the Gosaumühle junction turn right through Hallstatt to Obertraun

by train
Attnang-Puchheim – Stainach-Irdning lines
arriving at "Obertraun-Dachsteinhöhlen”

by bus
bus 542/543
stops Obertraun Bahnhof/Feriendorf, Traunbrücke, Jugendherberge, Bundessportzentrum, Dachsteinseilbahn

Detailed information on the respective train and bus times can be found at https://www.oebb.at/en/ (train) and https://www.postbus.at/en (bus).