HISTORY OF THE CHALETS AND NAMES OF THE TWO LODGES

Did you know that…

for many years the “upper and lower Bichl” here in this beautiful area, at the entrance to the Karwendel valley on the Isar, has always belonged to the Manzl family through the grandparents of the present owner Mario?

But from the beginning…

Around 1950, his grandparents Edburg (Burgi) and Johann (Hans) farmed this open land because they needed the hay for their farm. At the time, it belonged to Burgi’s family and was divided equally among her four daughters. However, two of her sisters had no interest in the “Bichl,” as they called the property. So Burgi came up with the idea of buying it and had a vision of turning it into building land for her five children and their descendants.
In 1972, she was able to purchase two-fourths from two of her sisters and, from then on, owned three-fourths of the property. The remaining quarter was acquired later. Unfortunately, she passed away in 1991. She was a very loving and warm mother and grandmother, was always there for everyone, and told her grandchildren the most amazing stories; astrology was her passion.

She was a very clever and far-thinking woman

Her 5 children then inherited her beautiful sunny “Bichl” and tried to make her vision come true and continued to work on having the land converted into building land. In 1995, Burgi’s youngest son, who incidentally still lives in Scharnitz, was able to acquire the rest of the quarter and the whole area now belonged to the Manzl family. Unfortunately, however, it proved to be very difficult to develop the access road, canal, water, sewage and electricity. Retaining walls had to be built, not to mention the costs. Burgi and Hans’ second son had experience in this. He worked as a master builder and was able to make his mother Burgi’s vision possible so that it could be built on. A small part had to be sold for this (to cover the costs of development), but most of the land remained in the family. It took years, but in 2014 the time had finally come.

It was land zoned for development

However, their five children were now well taken care of and had established their own homes, so they decided to pass the property on to the next generation.