Gray wood
| Gray wood | ||
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 Schlupf, the valley cut between Mannenberg (left) and Grauholz (right) |
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| height | 820 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Canton of Bern , Switzerland | |
| Dominance | 1.96 km → Stockere | |
| Notch height | 137 m ↓ northeast. Habstetten | |
| Coordinates | 605618 / 205750 | |
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The Grauholz is a forested range of hills between Schönbühl and Ittigen , near the city of Bern in Switzerland . It is known for the Battle of the Grauholz (1798) and for its traffic location with a motorway section and a railway tunnel.
location
The gray wood extends over a length of approx. 4.5 km from west-southwest to east-northeast. It includes parts of the communities of Urtenen-Schönbühl , Mattstetten , Bäriswil and Bolligen . In the southwest, the municipalities of Ittigen (on whose territory the Grauholz motorway service station is located) and Zollikofen border directly on Grauholz.
The highest point of the Grauholz is the Schwarzchopf at 820 m above sea level. M. South-east of the Grauholz is the Bantiger ; The two hills are separated by the valley that connects Ittigen with Krauchthal . At the north-west foot there is a slight incision through which the motorway runs, which separates the gray wood from another piece of forest between Schönbühl and Zollikofen.
Historical meaning
At the Battle of Grauholz on March 5, 1798, the Bernese troops were defeated by the French. This sealed the fall of the Ancien Régime in Bern and Switzerland. In 1886 the gray wood monument was inaugurated, which commemorates the battle. It is located on a slight elevation between Schönbühl and Moosseedorf and is easily visible from the motorway.
Transport-related importance
At the foot of the Grauholz is one of the oldest sections of the motorway in Switzerland. It was opened on May 10, 1962 and serves to relieve the road through Zollikofen. The motorway leads through a slight incision at the foot of the Grauholz. Between the Schönbühl and Wankdorf junctions, it has to accommodate both the A1 (the most important east-west axis in Switzerland) and the A6 (the most important north-south axis in the canton of Bern) and is therefore very busy. For a long time, the section was considered a bottleneck because the slight incline slows down heavy traffic, which led to traffic jams. In 1995 the section was expanded from four to six lanes. Today it is used by almost 100,000 vehicles per day, but on peak days it can be over 120,000 (figures from 2011).
The old Bern-Olten railway bypasses the Grauholz via the plains in the north. The new Mattstetten – Rothrist line , on the other hand, runs in a 6.3 km long tunnel opened in 1995 under the Grauholz .
Surroundings
In the Grauholz region there is also the much-visited motorway service station of the same name with a restaurant, two gas stations, coffee bars and a hotel. The gray wood is also used by the military stationed in the sand and in Bern for training and exercise purposes. The terrain is particularly well suited for training in situational awareness and tactical maneuvers for the infantry.
Individual evidence
- ^ Opening of the Grauholz motorway in May 1962. (No longer available online.) Swiss radio and television , archived from the original on March 2, 2014 ; Retrieved December 23, 2012 . 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.
- ↑ 2011 annual evaluation by the Schönbühl measuring station , Grauholz (Autobahn) . (No longer available online.) Federal Roads Office , April 10, 2012, archived from the original on March 16, 2016 ; Retrieved December 23, 2012 . 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.
