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
Opening times
Despite careful control we cannot guarantee the correctness of the provided data.
Admission
free admission to the Pfandler Alp memorial site and the museum at the Pfistrad Alp
More information
The opening hours refer to the ones of the Pfandler Alp: It stays open every year from early May to the end of October, Friday rest day. You can reach it in about 45 minutes via path E5 from the car park above the Pfandler Farm in San Martino. The mountain hut serves hot meals from 11.45 am to 3 pm and snacks from 9 am to 10 pm. The Pfandler Alp remains closed during the winter.
Season start 2025 on the 1st of May.
The St. Anna Pfistrad Alp, on the other hand, is open from May 18 to October 5, 2025, with no rest day. Hot meals are available from 11 am to 6 pm. You can reach the Pfistrad Alp in about 1.5 hours via route 13 from the Schnitzerhof car park in San Leonardo. It also remains closed in winter.
The memorial site and the mountain pasture museum are freely accessible during these times.
