# Solvay Hut

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{{Short description|Hut on the Matterhorn in Switzerland}}
thumb|right|Solvay Hut
[[File:Solvay hut at Matterhorn seen from Hörnlihütte.jpg|thumb|Solvay Hut photographed from [Hörnli Hut](/source/H%C3%B6rnli_Hut) with tele lens]]
The '''Solvay Hut''' or '''Solvay Bivouac''' ([German](/source/German_language): ''Solvayhütte'') is a [mountain hut](/source/mountain_hut) located on the north-eastern ridge (Hörnli Ridge) of the [Matterhorn](/source/Matterhorn), near [Zermatt](/source/Zermatt) in the canton of [Valais](/source/Valais). At {{convert|4003|m|ft|0}}<ref>Retrieved from the [Swisstopo](/source/Swisstopo) topographic maps</ref> it is the highest mountain hut owned by the [Swiss Alpine Club](/source/Swiss_Alpine_Club), but can be used only in case of emergency. The [Hörnli Hut](/source/H%C3%B6rnli_Hut), lying 700 meters below on the same ridge, is the starting point of the normal route to the summit.

The Solvay hut was built in 1917, 52 years after the [first ascent of the Matterhorn](/source/first_ascent_of_the_Matterhorn) which took place on the same ridge. It offers 10 beds and is equipped with a [radiotelephone](/source/radiotelephone). The hut was named after [Ernest Solvay](/source/Ernest_Solvay), a Belgian chemist and industrialist who in 1904 donated 20,000 francs for its construction.<ref>[http://www.nzz.ch/magazin/reisen/souveraen_auch_im_fels_1.7346437.html Souverän auch im Fels], [Neue Zürcher Zeitung](/source/Neue_Z%C3%BCrcher_Zeitung)</ref><ref>[https://www.thelocal.ch/20170808/zermatt-celebrates-100-years-of-switzerlands-highest-mountain-cabin ''Zermatt celebrates 100 years of Switzerland's highest mountain cabin'']</ref>

The building materials for the hut were brought with a cable rising from the Hörnli Hut. It was rebuilt in 1966 and the emergency telephone was installed in 1976.<ref>[http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/details/237198/ ''Solvey Hut, shelter for mountaineers - 4,003 meters above ground level'']</ref>

==See also==
*[List of buildings and structures above 3000 m in Switzerland](/source/List_of_buildings_and_structures_above_3000_m_in_Switzerland)
*[Bivouac Box](/source/Bivouac_Box)

==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.vs-wallis.ch/wallis/huetten/solvay.html Website (German)]

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Category:Mountain huts in Switzerland
Category:Matterhorn
Category:Mountain huts in the Alps

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