Zwieselalm, Alpine pasture with mountain hut in Bad Reichenhall, Germany

Zwieselalm is an alpine pasture at 1387 m on the Zwiesel in the Chiemgau Alps above Bad Reichenhall. Its Kaser is a single-storey saddle-roof building with a boarded gable from the 18th century, and the former mountain shelter called Kaiser-Wilhelms-Haus is a two-storey solid pent-roof building from 1897. Both are listed monuments.

The Kaser was built in the 18th century as a single-storey saddle-roof building with a boarded gable. The former mountain shelter, the Kaiser-Wilhelms-Haus, is a two-storey solid lean-to building from 1897. Both are listed as Bavarian monuments under number D-1-72-114-192. Agriculture on the Zwieselalm ceased in 1975.

The name Kühbergalm was replaced by Zwieselalm, after the Zwiesel peak above it. The hut, run as a private Almhütte, opens only on weekends and public holidays in summer when the weather is fine. The former mountain hostel, the Kaiser-Wilhelms-Haus of 1897, no longer takes overnight guests.

The hut sits at 1,387 m and is reached on easy trails: from Jochberg bei Schneizlreuth (840 m, car park) via the Hüttenweg in 1.5 hours, from Karlstein bei Bad Reichenhall (680 m) via the Zwieselweg in 2.5 hours, from the Padinger Alm (670 m) via Bartlmahd in 3 hours, or from Einsiedl near Inzell (740 m) via the Kohleralm and Höhenweg in 2.5 hours. The hut is open only on weekends and public holidays in summer when the weather is fine, and overnight stays in the Kaiser-Wilhelms-Haus are no longer possible.

The Kaser and the so-called Kaiser-Wilhelms-Haus are both listed monuments (Bavarian list no. D-1-72-114-192). The Kaser is an 18th-century single-storey saddle-roof building with a boarded gable; the former mountain hostel is a two-storey solid lean-to-roof building from 1897. Overnight stays there are no longer possible.