The idea to build a cableway suggested itself.
1954 a butcher named Hans Hofmann from Munich founded the Karwendelbahn GmbH. The construction costs were estimated with 2.5 million German Mark, the cableway was supposed to open in 1957. Right in the middle of the construction process, the difficult terrain made the costs explode. The state held back the loan guarantee and they had to stop building in spring 1958, the project almost failed. But the mayor at the time, Josef Brandner and the treasurer kept fighting for the construction. Finally a few banks, construction company’s, committed citizens and the municipality Mittenwald shared the final costs of 5.2 million dollars.
On the 7th of June 1967 the first gondola makes it’s way up the mountain.