The Karl Renner Haus is a former mountain hut and now a sport hotel in the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria. It lies in the upper Saalach valley (Land Salzburg) on the edge of Saalbach-Hinterglemm at about 1,100 m above sea level and is managed by the Friends of Nature.
History
The Karl Renner Haus is named after the former Austrian politician and co-founder of the Friends of Nature, Karl Renner. It was financed from membership fees, ERP credits and a mountain hut lottery and opened on 15 August 1952. In the period of economic boom in the 1950s and 60s the Karl Renner Haus was a much sought-after holiday destination, but suffered from 1985 onwards because it had no access for motor vehicles, because the necessary repairs could not be carried out. This finally led to a new building being put up in 2006/07 and the Karl Renner Haus was opened again on 12 October 2008 as a sport hotel by the Friends of Nature.