1st Chairman of the Warnsdorf Section 1887 – 1943, pioneer of the establishment of the Warnsdorf Section at the end of the 19th century
the Alpenvereinsweg along the Krimmler Wasserfälle, built in 1878/79, was in such a bad condition that it was in danger of being closed due to a lack of safety. After the German and Austrian Alpine Association had passed the responsibility for the waterfall path on to the Warnsdorf section in 1899, this section began in 1900 under its active first chairman Ernst Friedrich Berger with the construction of a 4 km long path that could be driven on with a chair car and had numerous viewing platforms, bridges and squares, which was ceremoniously opened in 1901. The "Bergerblick" vantage point bears witness to the tireless zest for action of the Zittau yarn wholesaler, who realized the major goals of the Warnsdorf section in the Krimml mountains.