This alpine hut, part of the MuseumPasseier, was the refuge for the freedom fighter Andreas Hofer
Image gallery: Historical site Malga Pfandler
The Pfandler Alm is located above San Martino in Passiria in Prantago, at 1,350 m a.s.l. First Andreas Hofer, along with wife, child and even scrivener, hid at the Keldererhof farm and later on at the Pfandlerhof farm. The French troops had announced that they would invade via Passo Giovo.
On December 11, 1809, Hofer sent his family in a hideout on Mt. Monteneve, while he walked up the way to the Pfandler Alm. On Christmas Eve his family visited him and they stayed for one and a half months. Even if Andreas Hofer was forewarned, he stayed in his hideaway. For this reason he and his family were arrested by the French and Italians on January 28, 1810, and he was taken to Mantova. His family was released in Bolzano, while he was shot in Mantova on February 20, 1810.
The refuge at the same-named alpine pasture burnt down in 1919 and was rebuilt true to the original by the local Schützen association in 1984. The Pfandler Alm can be reached in 2 hours from San Martino in Passiria on the long-distance hiking trail no. 5.
Contact info
- Prantach 34 - 39015 - S. Martino in Passiria / St. Martin in Passeier
- +39 0473 641841 / +39 0473 659086
More information
The snack station Pfandler Alp stays open every year from early May to the end of October, warm meals from 11.45 noon time to 3 pm, closed in winter. Season start 2025 on the 1st of May.
The snack station Pfistrad Alp, however, stays open every year from the end of May to early October, no rest day. In these times, the memorial and the museum are freely accessible.
