Heilbronn Chapel at Dachstein Krippenstein

Obertraun, Oberösterreich, Österreich

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.

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during the operating hours of the Dachstein Krippenstein cable car

open to the public

Arrival

Accessibility / arrival

by car
from Salzburg:
Federal road B158 direction Bad Ischl
in Bad Ischl driveway onto Salzkammergut Straße B145 in direction to Bad Goisern, Hallstatt and Obertraun, in Obertraun turn right direction Dachstein Krippenstein cable car

from Linz:
A1 motorway exit Regau on Salzkammergut Straße B145 direction Gmunden, Bad Goisern, Hallstatt and Obertraun, in Obertraun turn right direction Dachstein Krippenstein cable car

from Graz:
A9 motorway exit Liezen on B320
in Trautenfels turn onto Salzkammergut Straße B145 via Bad Aussee to Obertraun, in Obertraun turn left direction Dachstein Krippenstein cable car

from Villach:
A10 Tauernautobahn to exit "Eben im Pongau", from there via Annaberg, Gosau and Hallstatt to Obertraun, in Obertraun turn right direction Dachstein Krippenstein cable car

by bus:
get off at the bus station “Obertraun Dachsteinseilbahn”

by train:
from Linz/Salzburg to Attnang-Puchheim, change to train to Stainach-Irdning
or from Stainach-Irdning Zug direction Attnang-Puchheim
get off at train station "Obertraun-Dachsteinhöhlen", from there 45 minutes to walk or change to the bus

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).