Amerton

Rear Lauterbrunnen valley with Undri Ammerta and Obri Ammerta on the slope in the foreground to the left of the center of the picture

Amerton , Ammerton or Ammerten was a large settlement in the Ammertental behind Stechelberg in the Bernese Oberland , Switzerland .

Amerton was settled by the Walser , as well as Mürren , Gimmelwald , Trachsellauenen and Sichellauenen in the Lauterbrunnen valley and other places in the Bernese Oberland such as Saxeten . When and why this settlement was abandoned is not known. It is mentioned for the last time in the choir court manual from 1762 .

Remarks

↑ The given geographic coordinate only shows a presumed location of the settlement, as described by the field names Undri Ammerta and Obri Ammerta on the map of Switzerland and the description in the second volume of Friedrich Meisner's Kleine Reisen in der Schweiz for young people in the Google book search, 1822, p. 142 ff., Suggest.