Rückkehrzentrum Bürglkopf, Return counseling facility in Fieberbrunn, Austria

The Rückkehrzentrum Bürglkopf is a counseling facility in Fieberbrunn that supports people with rejected asylum applications. The center offers free assistance from BBU GmbH to those considering voluntary return to their home countries.

The site lies on former magnesite mining grounds of the Hochfilzen works; the operating buildings and workers' houses were built from 1957 and reached by a dedicated access road. Underground extraction in the Bürgl section ended in 1972, while open-pit mining continued. Since 1993 the province of Tyrol has rented the former workers' quarters to house refugees; from 1 July 2014 the Interior Ministry ran it as a federal care centre, and since 2017 also as a return centre.

The site's name comes from the Bürglkopf peak above it, and the buildings retain their mining names: the Zechenhaus, where most residents are housed, and the Knappenhaus, used when it is full. The Diakonie refugee service holds consultations for residents once a month, and in 2025 Lisa Polster's documentary "Bürglkopf" portrayed daily life here, winning the Diagonale Grand Prize of the Province of Styria.

The site lies on the Ofenberg high plateau above Fieberbrunn, reached by a dedicated access road built from 1957; the location is remote, with long travel distances noted in a 2009 parliamentary inquiry. The former Zechenhaus normally houses residents, while the Knappenhaus is used when capacity there is exhausted. The Diakonie refugee service holds consultations for residents once a month.

The center uses buildings that originated as an industrial plant from 1957 and later served as worker housing. This building reuse demonstrates how a former industrial site has been repurposed several times for different functions.