History of the Selmerhof

On the sunny slope of Innervillgraten, at 1650 meters above sea level, stands our apartment house with agriculture and beekeeping, and a breathtaking view of the Villgraten mountain scenery.

According to tradition, the former Selmerhof farm burned down in 1912. Our ancestors then rebuilt the farm with great effort.

During the hard war years (WW1 and WW2), the focus was solely on the survival of the farming family and the domestic animals.

Until 1970, the whole family and all the animals spent the summer months on the mountain pastures mowing hay for the winter. On the farm, the reasonably accessible areas were used to grow grain, potatoes, all kinds of vegetables and linen seed for making clothes.

When mechanization slowly came to the valley and the standard of living improved, the alpine huts stood empty because the farmers worked the alpine meadows from home with tractors and cars.

Then came the idea that these huts could be rented out to the "summer visitors", as they were called at the time.

This was accepted and the owner earned a little extra money, so the alpine huts have been preserved to this day.