Challhöchi

Challhöchi
Pass height
Compass direction	North	east
Pass height	848  m above sea level M.
Cantons	Basel-Country	Solothurn
Valley locations	Eptingen	Ifenthal
expansion	Pass road / motorway tunnel
Mountains	Chain Jura
profile
Ø pitch	8.5% (282 m / 3.3 km)	11.2% (157 m / 1.4 km)
Map (Basel-Country)
Coordinates	629921  /  246549 coordinates: 47 ° 22 '9 "  N , 7 ° 50' 5"  O ; CH1903:  629921  /  246549

The Challhöchi is 848  m above sea level. M. high mountain pass in the Swiss chain Jura southeast of Basel on the border of the cantons of Basel-Landschaft and Solothurn .

It is the transition between the upper Basel area and the Olten area - the road above it connected the two places Eptingen and Ifenthal and Hägendorf , but was only of local importance. Today this task has been taken over by the Swiss A2 motorway , which crosses under the pass with the Belchen tunnel. The pass is named after the hamlet of Chall , a farm settlement belonging to the municipality of Eptingen.

The naming should stem from the fact that it was a bare height (without trees).

The Diegterbach rises not far north of the Challhöhi, just under 200 meters away.

During the Second World War , the pass with the Challhöchi barrier was fortified.

See also

• Chall pass

Web links

Commons : Sperrstelle Challhöchi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Map Viewer of Swisstopo