Reinhold Messner Stiftung

Reinhold Messner Stiftung – helping others to help themselves

Since simple mountain farmers saved his life on Nanga Parbat in 1970, Reinhold Messner has felt a special bond with the people there. For many years he has been organising help for the inhabitants of remote valleys around the “mountain of destiny” and other inaccessible mountain regions.

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Reinhold Messner Foundation
Sponsored by Bridges Kanzlei Wigand Rechtsanwalts GmbH,
Südliche Münchnerstr. 20, D-82031 Grünwald
Tel.: +49 89 242129 Fax: +49 89 242129 10

HypoVereinsbank AG Munich IBAN DE53 7002 0270 0658 7534 44, Swift Code/BIC HYVED EMMXXX

For further information, please contact Reinhold Messner's office.

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Konzeption

With the Reinhold Messner Foundation, Diane and Reinhold Messner are taking on social responsibility for mountain communities. Designed to help people help themselves, the aim is to ensure the survival of local people high up in the mountains of the Himalayas, Karakorum, Hindu Kush, Andes and Caucasus through agriculture and tourism.

Since the devastating earthquake in Nepal in April 2015, the Reinhold Messner Foundation has been involved in rebuilding the badly damaged hospital in Khunde and continues to support this vital infrastructure for the local people with donations.

To this day, the MMF supports the schools founded by Reinhold Messner in the most remote valleys of the Karakorum in Pakistan. The Günther Messner School and the opening of a girls' school in Jail in 2015 are close to Reinhold's heart.

Engagement

Through their foundation, Diane and Reinhold Messner are committed to promoting charitable causes in accordance with Section 53 of the German Fiscal Code (AO), education and training, youth and elderly care, art and culture, environmental and climate protection, development aid, disaster prevention and relief, public health care and international understanding.

THOUGHTS

“The people in the Diamir Valley in the Kashmir region of Pakistan saved my life in 1970 after I performed the first traverse of Nanga Parbat with my brother Günther. All together, I have spent about ten years of my life in Nepal, Bhutan, Peru and Tibet. I owe so much to the mountain peoples. Now I am giving something back.”

Reinhold Messner
Tarishing Clinic, Rupal
Diamir Lodge
Herd of Yaks for the Diamir Valley
Girls are also admitted to the Günther Messner School.
Lessons at the Günther Messner School
Flood disaster relief
Supply and reconstruction after flooding
Construction of 30 houses in Bouner Valley (Pakistan)
Tato school
Reconstruction of the damaged hospital in Khunde (opening in autumn 2018)
Kongde Peak Guest House after the fire in 2022
Kongde Peak Guest House after reconstruction in 2022
"Sherpa Cultural Museum" in Namche Bazaar
Construction work - ‘Sherpa Cultural Museum’ in Namche Bazaar
Solar power system at the Sherpa Museum Namche
Opening of the Sherpa Cultural Museum in Namche Bazaar – May 2023
Start of the ‘Ruhr Nature’ project in spring 2023
Visit to the Ruhr region, Germany 2023
Meeting with school classes in Bruneck - South Tyrol - 2024
Ruhr Nature Exchange – Diane and Reinhold Messner in Sesto, South Tyrol 2025

More projects

....Since 2021, various photovoltaic projects have been supported in Nepal, such as on the roof of the Sherwi Khangba Sherpa Cultural Museum in Namche Bazaar. Another system was installed on the roof of the Edmund Hillary Public School in Khumjung, Nepal. This system was completed in 2022. Proof of completion is available.



In February 2022, the Kongde Peak Guesthouse in Nepal was completely destroyed by fire. The foundation generously supported the reconstruction of this accommodation, which is important for local tourism and the region's income, in 2022. The reconstruction was completed on time and the guesthouse is now back in operation. Proof of this is available.



2023–2025 Ruhr Nature Project in collaboration with the Brost Foundation Ruhr–South Tyrol student exchange “Nowhere else is the power of nature as palpable as in the mountains. Only when young people have the opportunity to experience nature first-hand do they develop a respect for it and become concerned about environmental protection. That is why we want to help build a bridge between the city and the mountains." Reinhold Messner, project patron of Ruhr Nature.