Hearing
| Hearing | ||
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 Höhronenkette seen from Zurich |
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| height | 1229 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Canton Zug , Canton Zurich , Canton Schwyz , Switzerland | |
| Dominance | 5.3 km → Saturdayern (mountain) | |
| Notch height | 296 m ↓ saddle (pass) | |
| Coordinates | 693 797 / 223934 | |
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| Type | Fresh water molasses | |
| rock | Marl , marl-sandstones, Molasse-Nagelfluh, Nagelfluh | |
The Höhronen is a range of hills in the Swiss pre-Alps with a height of up to 1229 m .
location
The Höhronen range of hills lies in the cantons of Schwyz , Zug and Zurich between the Altmatt and the Sihl valley in Switzerland.
The high moor between Biberbrugg and Rothenturm lies at the foot of the southern flank with the Gutschwald . The north flank slopes down to the Sihl valley . The actual Höhronen begins at Langenegg at an altitude of 1089 meters. The Nettenbach, whose valley belongs to the Canton of Schwyz, flows to the north and the Ijenbach to the south. In the east the range of hills rises to the highest point at 1229 meters. From the east of the Nettenbachtal, the canton border between Zurich and Schwyz meets the main ridge.
The forest in the area of the canton of Zurich is called Richterswiler Egg. The wooded ridge slopes steadily from the highest point to the Dreiländerstein with the canton border between Zurich and Schwyz on the north slope and the canton of Zug on the south side.
From here the main ridge rises briefly and forms the border between Schwyz and Zug. At the second elevation, the Wildspitz, with a height of 1205.3 m , the canton border between Zug and Schwyz drops southwards to the high moor. The range of hills falls gently to Chrüz ( 1072 m ) and a little further. Up to the former location of the Höhronenturm, with a height of 1061 m , a Swisscom transmission mast was located here between 1991 and 2004. Then the ridge drops steeply to the Alp breakthrough.
The Höhron Tower
The Höhronenturm was a Swisscom transmission tower on the Höhronen in the municipality of Feusisberg . The core of the tower consisted of a hexagonal 50 meter high hollow concrete body, around which the platforms with the directional radio antennas were attached.
history
As early as the end of 1981, the former PTT (now Swisscom ) submitted a planning application for the construction of a directional antenna for wireless communication in the forest area on the Höhronen and at the beginning of 1982 an application for clearing a forest. Legal back-and-forth followed through objections from the Swiss Foundation for Landscape Protection and Landscape Management and the Swiss Heritage Protection .
For reasons of landscape protection, the opponents were of the opinion that the tower could also be built at another location, the PTT, however, insisted on its location and the necessity of the Höhron tower to fulfill its service mandate.
In 1989 the Federal Court approved the construction and the tower was put into operation in 1991. After the PTT had never used the full capacity of the tower and the directional beam technology was now obsolete, Swisscom planned to demolish the tower in 2003.
After the construction had aroused so much resistance, the same thing was repeated again - with the planned demolition. Both the architect of the tower and various politicians resisted the demolition of the tower. In addition to concerns about the safety risks in the event of a demolition, the still flawless condition of the tower was repeatedly mentioned, which would not justify a demolition. Various ideas of converting it into a research station or a lookout tower (when the weather is nice, the view extends from the Black Forest over Lake Zurich , Rigi and Titlis to the Uri Alps ) fell on deaf ears at Swisscom.
However, Swisscom insisted that the Federal Supreme Court based its decision on the security of supply. Since Swisscom no longer needs the directional beam technology, which has since been replaced by fiber optic technology, it also has to demolish the tower. In 2004 the tower was blown up.
Web links
- [1] Decision no. 1499/2003, regarding the small question Demolition of the Höhronen telecommunications tower - consequences for the environment?
- [2] Report on the tower being blown up at news.ch (with film)