Brünig Pass

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Brünig Pass
Pass road between the hotel and Brünig-Hasliberg train station

Pass road between the hotel and Brünig-Hasliberg train station

Compass direction south North
Pass height 1008  m above sea level M.
Canton Canton Bern Obwalden
Watershed Aare → Rhine Stollenbach → Sarner Aa → Reuss → Aare → Rhine
Valley locations Brienzwiler and Meiringen Lungern or Giswil
expansion Road and rail
Built 1861–1868 (road) / 1888 (rail)
Winter closure no
profile
Ø pitch 5.1% (602 m / 8 km) 4.2% (502 m / 12 km)
Max. Incline 13% 10%
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Map (Bern)
Brünig Pass (Canton of Bern)
Brünig Pass
Coordinates 653 414  /  178 748 coordinates: 46 ° 45 '28 "  N , 8 ° 8' 16"  O ; CH1903:  653 414  /  one hundred and seventy-eight thousand seven hundred forty-eight
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The Brünig Pass connects the Haslital in the Bernese Oberland ( Canton Bern ) with the Sarneraatal in the Canton of Obwalden . It leads from the Bernese Oberland ( Hasliberg or Brienzwiler and Meiringen ) to Lungern or Giswil in Obwalden. The canton border runs about 350 m northeast of the pass. The village of Brünig , which belongs to Meiringen, is located on the pass .

situation

The 1008  m above sea level. M. high pass is not tunneled under. A pass road and a railway line, the Brünigbahn Luzern - Interlaken of the Zentralbahn, lead over it . This narrow-gauge railway is used in some sections due to the gradient in cogwheel mode. The Brünig-Hasliberg train station is about 100 meters north of the pass at 1002  m above sea level. M. , the tracks pass the pass in a cut at 1001  m above sea level. M.

The Brünigstrasse is part of the national road A8 and the main road 4 . Even during the winter months, the route is cleared by snow clearing vehicles for through traffic. The north ramp is or will be expanded as a 2nd class national road beyond Lungern in the next few years. According to the Federal Roads Office FEDRO, a vertex tunnel is not justifiable until around 2050 for economic reasons.

With Brienzwiler and Meiringen, the Brünigpass has two southern valley locations. The south-west ramp (Hauptstrasse 4) from Brienzwiler and the up to 13 percent steep south-east ramp from Meiringen - past Brünigen - only unite at 918  m above sea level. M. to the common south ramp. In addition, the road to Hasliberg branches off to the east at the top of the pass.

Lungern is on the north side at an altitude of 712  m above sea level. M. The Lungerer intermediate level with the Lungerersee extends about four kilometers to the northeast, and only after the site falls in a second stage from the bottom of the Sarneraatals to Giswil on 484  m above sea level. M.

history

As part of the route over the Grimsel Pass  and Gries Pass, the pass has long been a connection between central Switzerland and northern Italy.

In 1861 the pass road was opened and a horse mail ran over the pass from Brienz via Meiringen to Alpnach . The pass was very popular at the time.

The Brünigbahn was put into operation in 1888 on the route from Brienz via Meiringen to Alpnachstad ; a year later it was extended to Lucerne. Other railway projects were never realized: The 22 km long north feeder road Meiringen - Oberwald of the Grimselbahn - a project competing with the Gotthardbahn - would have led in a tunnel under the Brünig, another project saw a cogwheel railway from Brünig over the Hasliberg and the Jochpass  to Engelberg including a branch the Titlis .

Culture and society

The Brünig-Napf-Reuss Line , a linguistic and cultural border within the High Alemannic language area, begins at the Brünig Pass .

Every year the traditional Brünigschwinget takes place on the Brünig Pass , a wrestling competition of national prestige.

photos

  • Brünig Pass station around 1900

  • Railway, road and hiking trails intersect at the Brünig Pass,
    looking north-east towards Güpfi (Urner Alps).

  • Brünigpass station in winter

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Canton Obwalden: A8
  2. ↑ Brünigtunnel safely off the table for 30 years In: Luzerner Zeitung of February 17, 2017
  3. ^ Hans von Rütte: Brünig Pass. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  4. ↑ a b Adolf Urweider: 100 years Haslibergstrasse . Anniversary font. Residential community Hasliberg, Hasliberg, Meiringen 2007.