Faulhorn
| Faulhorn | ||
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 Faulhorn summit from the west |
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| height | 2681 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Canton of Bern , Switzerland | |
| Mountains | Bernese Alps | |
| Dominance | 0.82 km → donkey | |
| Notch height | 129 m ↓ alley floor | |
| Coordinates | 642 918 / 169 472 | |
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 Panoramic views of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau |
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The Faulhorn is a 2681 m above sea level. M. high mountain in the Bernese Alps in the Swiss canton of Bern . Its summit lies on the border between the communities of Grindelwald and Iseltwald ; of the latter it is the highest point. The Faulhorn gets its name from the «Fulen», loose rock layers made of marl and slate . There is a mountain hotel on the summit , this is in the area of the municipality of Grindelwald.
panorama
From the summit of the Faulhorn there are views to the north and west over Lake Brienz and Lake Thun to the Jura . In the south you can see the four-thousand-meter peaks of the Bernese Alps , including the Eiger , Mönch and Jungfrau .
Samuel Birmann , landscape painter of the Romantic period, painted the panorama from the Faulhorn on 5./6. August 1820.
history
In the “Magazin für die Naturheilkunde Helvetiens” from 1783 a first ascent of the Faulhorn by the Grindelwald pastor Friedrich Kuhn is mentioned.
In 1822 an inn patent was granted for the summit of the Faulhorn. The following summer, a restaurant went into operation - at that time the highest in the Alps. The Berghotel Faulhorn , which still exists today, opened in 1832.
The Faulhorn was repeatedly the site of meteorological tests. In 1880, a "self-registering thermometer" was installed on the summit, which provided hourly weather records for one summer. In the fall, however, the attempt was ended as no one was on the summit to wind the clockwork.
Projects to develop the Faulhorn in terms of traffic engineering failed. In 1907, a narrow-gauge railway for the route from Grosse Scheidegg to Faulhorn was granted a concession. However, the project failed due to resistance from homeland security. There were already ideas for a railway line from Schynigen Platte to Faulhorn and for a cable car from Grosse Scheidegg to Faulhorn that were never implemented.
Access
The Faulhorn can only be reached by the public on foot via various access options, including from
- Iseltwald ,
- Burglauenen ,
- Brienz via the Axalp ,
- Grindelwald via Bussalp or First ,
- Wilderswil over the Schynige Platte.
There is a gondola lift from Grindelwald to First and a road with bus connections to Bussalp. There is also a road with bus connections from Brienz to Axalp, and the Schynige Platte Railway runs from Wilderswil to Schynige Platte .
Access is limited in winter. However, there are winter hiking trails from First and Bussalp to the Faulhorn.
| Starting point | Ascent | descent |
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| Axalp | 5 hours | 3 hours. |
| Bussalp | 2 hours 40 minutes | 1 hour 40 min. |
| Burglauenen | 5 hrs. 10 min. / 5 hrs. 30 min. | 3 hours 40 minutes |
| First | 2 hrs. 20 min. | 1 hour 45 minutes |
| Grindelwald | 5 hours | 3 hours 30 minutes |
| Grosse Scheidegg | nb | 3 hours. |
| Iseltwald | 7 hours | 4 hours 30 minutes |
| Schynige Platte | 4 hrs. 10 min. | 3 hours. |
Information according to official hiking trail signs
Winter sports
In winter, a toboggan run leads from the Faulhorn down to Grindelwald. According to Grindelwald Tourism, the 15 km long run is the longest toboggan run in Europe.
gallery
View of the Faulhorn. Hiking route from the Schynige Platte
Evening mood on the summit of the Faulhorn
View from the Faulhorn at sunset towards the Bernese Alps
Old dining room of the Berghotel Faulhorn
Web links
- History of the Faulhorn on the website of the Berghotel Faulhorn
- Faulhorn on hikr.org
literature
- Martin Wehrli: Faulhorn - The story of a mountain inn , Unterseen, Tourist Museum of the Jungfrau Region, 2003.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Roland Flückiger-Seiler: The Hotel on the Faulhorn, In: Die Alpen 6/2004, pp. 48–50
- ↑ Website www.grindelwald.travel ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
