Augstbordpass
Augstbordpass | |||
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Compass direction | west | east | |
Pass height | 2893 m above sea level M. | ||
region | Valais , Switzerland | ||
Valley locations | Oberems , district of Gruben-Meiden | St. Niklaus | |
expansion | Mule track | ||
Map (Valais) | |||
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Coordinates | 624 271 / 117531 |
The Augstbordpass is 2893 m above sea level. M. high Saumpass with difficulty T3 in the canton of Valais , Switzerland . The pass connects the Turtmanntal (valley community Oberems , district Gruben-Meiden) in the west with the Mattertal (communities St. Niklaus and Embd ) in the east. The path leads south of the Augstbordhorn between the Schwarzhorn ( 3201 m ) and Steitalhorn ( 3164 m ).
The golden fountain
The «Goldbrunnji» mineral spring in Augstbordtälli ( Tälli, Valais German for valley ) attracted many guests from home and abroad between the 16th and 18th centuries. The source sprang from a rock face above the tree line between Embd and St. Niklaus and colored the stones yellow. The water was supposed to heal fever, dropsy, eye sickness and narrow-chestedness. Nobody knows whether the source disappeared due to an earthquake or whether belief in its healing power has been lost. Today she is no longer visited by the sick.
Alpine passes trail
The national hiking route Alpenpasses-Weg from SchweizMobil No. 6.17 Grächen-Gruben (stage 17) leads over the Augstbordpass . See also the Moosalp – Jungs high path , as the alpine pass path uses this high path with difficulty T2 up to the junction to the Augstbord pass , if you do not take the alternative route over the Twära ridge. By using the Young Railway St. Niklaus village to village boys the way over the pass to the can Jungerweg be abbreviated.
literature
- Christian Imboden: Mountains: job, calling, fate . Rotten Verlag , Visp 2013, ISBN 3-907624-48-3 . (Two chapters, Important South-North Trade Route and The Well-Known Golden Fountain ).
- Christian Fux: Vispertäler hiking book . Kümmerly + Frey, Bern 1990