Ausserberg

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Ausserberg
Ausserberg coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ValaisCanton of Valais Valais (VS)
District : West Raronw
BFS no. : 6191i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 3938
Coordinates : 631 302  /  129036 coordinates: 46 ° 18 '43 "  N , 7 ° 50' 42"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred thirty-one thousand three hundred and two  /  129036
Height : 1008  m above sea level M.
Height range : 638–2998 m above sea level M.
Area : 15.01  km²
Residents: 626 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 42 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.ausserberg.ch
Ausserberg

Ausserberg
Location of the municipality
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Ausserberg ( Valais German : Üsserbärg ) is a municipality and a civic community of the district west Raron and a parish of the deanery Raron of the German-speaking part canton of Valais in Switzerland .

In 1923, the former municipality was reasons merged with Ausserberg (the area for any reason at the same time took so a district change).

geography

Ausserberg is around 1000 m above sea level. M. on the Lötschberg south ramp in Upper Valais . The municipality borders the districts of Visp , Brig and Raron.

Over the centuries, the different climatic conditions have ensured that various landscapes have formed in Ausserberg. The Wiwannihorn (3001 m above sea level) is both a landmark and the highest point in the community. Nevertheless, Ausserberg is surrounded by the Bietschtal and Baltschiedertal.

history

Aerial photo (1964)

Hamlet village

The community of Ausserberg was and is a typical hamlet settlement , which is made up of various hamlets, groups of buildings and smaller villages. The small production plots and the geographic features of the region are reasons for this type of settlement. This appearance changes the longer the more the open spaces between the hamlets are built. There are also only two farms left from the former mountain and farming village.

population

Population development
year 1850 1900 1910 1920 1950 1970 2000 2010 2012 2014 2016
Residents 358 398 1020 (railway construction) 458 631 (with reasons) 701 628 640 635 631 622

Influence of the BLS

At the beginning of the 20th century, the canton of Bern and France tried to build a railway line through the Bernese Alps. On July 27, 1906, the Bernese Great Council decided to build the Lötschberg tunnel . The BLS , founded specifically for this purpose, began construction work on October 15 of the same year together with the French entrepreneur consortium EGL. After an initial rejection, the population voted in favor of the building at the end of 1906. The BLS thus gained in importance as a means of transport and for trade. On the one hand, the infrastructure was improved in the course of the construction work. On the other hand, the construction project offered new jobs and income opportunities, for example through the cattle trade. In so doing, the BLS laid the foundation stone for the change in the mountain village from a subsistence economy to a consumer economy.

Nature and tourism

Today Ausserberg is particularly attractive for tourism thanks to its nature. The historical Suonen Manera, Undra, Mittla and Niwärch, which are still useful to the population today, can be visited on several hiking routes. The UNESCO has the region Jungfrau-Aletsch , is one of the local municipality Ausserberg, on 13 December 2011 on the World Heritage declared. This diverse landscape can be explored on a total of 60.5 kilometers of hiking trails.

Attractions

photos

  • Ausserberg seen from the east

  • View of Ausserberg

  • Village center

  • Walliserhaus

  • Bisse

  • Irrigation with water from the bisse

literature

  • Philipp Kalbermatter: Ausserberg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2011 .
  • Philipp Kalbermatter: Founding. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2007 .
  • Anderegg, Klaus (1983): Ausserberg, Dorf und Weiler: The old building stock. Edited by the community of Ausserberg; first edition (1983)
  • Pfaffen, Edwin / Stadelmann, Kurt (1990): Ausserberg - A mountain community in transition: The socio-economic change in the first half of the 20th century In: Blätter aus der Walliser Geschichte, Vol. 22, 1990, pp. 165–236 (1990)

Web links

Commons : Ausserberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Climate community website , accessed on January 24, 2018
  3. ^ Dorf, Weiler, Alpen Gemeindewebseite, accessed on January 24, 2018
  4. ^ Pfaffen, Erwin / Stadelmann, Kurt: Ausserberg - a community in transition, accessed January 24, 2018
  5. ↑ Nature & Tourism community website , accessed on January 25, 2018