Brecherspitz
A disused Bavarian ski lift above Schliersee whose partial removal left a lift house and a mass concrete foundation on the mountain, prompting a formal complaint to the district authorities in 2014.
- Region
- Bavaria
- Country
- Germany
- Status
- abandoned
- Reason for closure
- Not documented in accessible sources. The lift is recorded only as decommissioned, with parts of it subsequently removed.
History
The Brecherspitz rises above Schliersee and Neuhaus in the Miesbach district of Upper Bavaria. Its ski lift has long been out of use, and it appears in this dataset less for what it was than for what it illustrates: when a ski lift in Germany is decommissioned it does not have to be demolished immediately, only once the installation is formally no longer operational, which lets owners defer dismantling for years. Parts of the Brecherspitz lift were taken away, but an old lift house and a large concrete foundation were still disfiguring the mountainside in early 2014, when Mountain Wilderness Deutschland formally asked the Miesbach district office to deal with them - the same organisation whose campaign had cleared the Wank above Garmisch-Partenkirchen, also recorded here. Separately, an aerial lift built by Pohlig at Josefsthal near Schliersee ran from 1949 until 1965 and was then decommissioned; whether it formed part of the same ski operation is not established in accessible sources and it is listed here as a distinct installation. The opening and closing years, the lift specification and any piste names are unrecorded.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed lift | Surface lift | A decommissioned ski lift on the Brecherspitz. Parts were taken away, but an old lift house and a large concrete foundation were still standing in 2014 when Mountain Wilderness Deutschland asked the Miesbach district office to deal with them | |
| Unnamed lift | Chairlift | Pohlig | A separate installation at Josefsthal near Schliersee, built by Pohlig, which ran from 1949 to 1965 and was then decommissioned. Its relationship to the Brecherspitz lift is not established in accessible sources |
Sources and further reading
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Location
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