Kriegeralpe history
One in a million
Well, strictly speaking one of 25. But for us it is definitely the most beautiful of the 25 Alps in the municipality of Lech.
Calling it by its name
There are various theories about where the name of our 73-hectare Kriegeralpe comes from: advocates of a linguistic approach suspect that the name is derived from the term “Chriager", which in Walser German means something like “means of transport for dung and humus for steep hills. Plant experts hold the - much more charming - opinion that the name derives from the medicinal herb arnica, which grows in this region of the Alps and is also known locally as “warrior". Be that as it may, what we do know is that we have remained one of only two abandoned Alps since the 1950s.
