Flimserstein
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| height | 2695 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Graubünden , Switzerland | |
| Coordinates | 741 018 / 192 277 | |
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| rock | lime | |
The Flimserstein ( Rhaeto-Romanic Crap da Flem ) is a wide, sloping high plateau north of Flims in the Grisons Surselva . The highest point is at an altitude of 2694 meters on the Cassons ridge, the lowest point around 1900 meters high on the southern edge of the demolition. The north-south extension is around three kilometers, the east-west extension around 1.3 kilometers.
In the north the Flimserstein is bounded by the Cassonsgrat (Rhaeto-Romanic Il fil ), in the south the plateau drops almost vertically to the village of Fidaz . In the east of the Flimserstein lies a high valley with the Alp Bargis , in the west the Alp Naraus. In summer the plateau is cultivated as an alpine farm up to around 2300 meters above sea level .
history
The Pinut, the lower of the two terraces on the southern edge, was already used in earlier times and used as pasture and wild hay meadow. The name is derived from the word "pegn", the Romance expression for red fir.
In 1742 Nicolin Sererhard wrote : Near the courtyards of Fidaz there is a curious site, namely a piece of meadow wax, which is surrounded on both sides with very high, perpendicular rock, and has no other access than just a narrow, narrow one Footpath up through a rock face that not everyone is allowed to climb. Do not think that there could be a more impenetrable defense in the world than here. You can also find a little Brünnelin above. This strange meadow wax pays off in about a salvo honore cow wintering - the hay is tied in ropes and thrown over the rocks.
A map from 1888 shows that there was already a footpath leading to the Pinut - but not to the Flimserstein. The author of the “History of Graubünden”, Johann Ulrich von Salis-Seewis (1777–1817), described the agricultural use of the Pinut in his yearbook “The New Collector” in 1805.
Landslide
On the Flimserstein lies the edge of the Flims landslide , the largest alpine landslide that has ever occurred in Switzerland . Since the rock above Fidaz is in motion, the rock movements are measured using fixed measuring points. The installation of an automatic and permanent measuring device is in progress.
In 1939 the Fidaz vom Flimserstein landslide destroyed the Sunnehüsli children's home in the back of the hamlet of Fidaz . 18 children and teachers were killed.
reachability
A cable car ran from Flims to the Cassonsgrat from 1956 to 2015. The operation has since been discontinued. A replacement project is planned, the so-called Y variant. The so-called milk cable car leads from Fidaz to the plateau. It was built in 1914 by bridge builder Risch Corai (1869–1946) from Trins , but is only used for transporting goods. The Flimserstein can be reached on foot via Alp Bargis and a via ferrata .
Via ferrata
The historic Pinut via ferrata is located on the southern edge of the Flimserstein. It was built in 1907 by the then owner of the Pinut Christian Meiler-Brun (1865–1933) on his own initiative and account. It led over a total of twelve ladders with 280 rungs through the Pinut and Pardatsch terraces over three almost vertical rock steps. The Pinut via ferrata is the oldest still existing via ferrata in Switzerland. On June 30, 2007, it was reopened after extensive renovation and redesign of the lower section, which was previously at risk of falling rocks. Due to the low technical level of difficulty, it is also quite suitable for beginners.
literature
- Manfred Hunziker: Ringelspitz / Arosa / Rätikon, Alpine Tours / Bündner Alps . Verlag des SAC, 2010, ISBN 978-3-85902-313-0 , p. 176 .
- Rolf Goetz: Surselva . Laax, Flims, Disentis, Valsertal, Andermatt. 50 tours. In: Rother hiking guide . 2nd, completely revised edition. Bergverlag Rother , Oberhaching 2007, ISBN 978-3-7633-4111-5 , p. 131, 136, 138, 140 .
Web links
- Flimserstein on the ETHorama platform
Individual evidence
- ↑ PDF history of Pinut ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Info measuring device
- ↑ Analysis of rockslide ( memento of the original from January 16, 2016 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. (PDF; 1.3 MB)
- ↑ Swiss home books: Flims; Haupt-Verlag, Bern 1961
- ↑ Flims ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Flims via ferrata ( Memento of the original dated May 27, 2009 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.
- ↑ Flims via ferrata
