Haslital

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The Haslital seen from the Aare gorge up the valley

The Haslital is the upper part of the Aare valley including its side valleys between the Grimsel Pass and Meiringen in the canton of Bern ( Switzerland ).

history

The forecast after there was a settlement in the Haslital during the barbarian invasions by Sweden or Friesen. This story emerged together with many other founding legends in the context of the self-confidence of the individual places in what is now Central Switzerland during the Council of Basel , when the heroic legends of Sweden in particular attracted attention and were adopted by bishops from other regions: Schwyz therefore descended from the Goths in Sweden who were the first to adopt Christianity, the Upper Haslital was populated by Frisians who moved south with the Swedes, and the Huns moved to Uri. In the 13th century , the church of Meiringen was owned by the German emperor and was therefore free of the empire. In 1275 the Hasli formed an alliance with the city of Bern . After the loss of imperial freedom in 1310, the city of Bern took over the pledge in 1334. The Haslital became subject to the Bernese. In the Laupenkrieg in 1339 it provided a contingent of 300 men.

During the Reformation , the Old Believers dominated the Haslital, which Bern did not tolerate and forced the Reformation. At the time of the Helvetic Republic , the Haslital became part of the canton of Oberland .

After the constitution of mediation , the new order developed only slowly. In 1833 the Hasli area became the district of Oberhasli with the six communities of Gadmen , Guttannen , Meiringen , Innertkirchen , Hasliberg and Schattenhalb .

Political calm did not return until the Federal Constitution of 1848.

tourism

Haslital blue costume

Since September 13, 2007, the Brienz-Meiringen-Hasliberg tourist region has been called Haslital. Bernese Oberland . The lettering becomes the destination brand with the alpine flower Edelweiss and the Swiss cross and also takes on a geographical designation that was previously used for the entire area from the upper Lake Brienz to Grimsel and Susten.

In 2012, the government council of the canton of Bern decreed the merger of the tourism destinations Interlaken ( Interlaken Tourismus , TOI), Jungfrau-Region ( Jungfrau Region Tourismus  AG, JRMAG) and Haslital (Haslital Tourismus ), as the number of destinations in the canton was to be reduced from ten to five . As of 2014, however, the local tourism organizations were able to convince the government council to keep the Interlaken and Jungfrau region destinations for the Oberland-Ost. However, the government council called for a marketing cooperation. The Haslital are free to decide on accession itself, but it would remain standing alone no setup according Tourism Development Regulation .

Hydropower plants

The Haslital, especially with the reservoirs on the Grimsel Pass, and the Gadmertal valley leading to the Susten Pass are part of the catchment area of Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG, Innertkirchen, with its hydropower plants on the Grimsel, in Handegg and in Innertkirchen.

The plants form one of the most complex hydropower systems in the Alps. Since it was founded in 1925, nine power plants, eight reservoirs, 150 km of tunnels, hundreds of kilometers of pipelines, roads and cable cars have been built in numerous construction phases. KWO produces electricity from hydropower for more than 1.2 million people every year.

Culture

Towards the end of the year the Tryelte takes place in Haslital , a traditional parade that is supposed to drive away evil spirits.

literature

  • Gottlieb Kurz, Christian Lerch: History of the landscape Hasli . Brügger, Meiringen 1979, ISBN 3-85583-001-0 .

Web links

Commons : Haslital  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [Guy P. Marchal, The Helvetians and their neighbors, Kelten in der Schweiz, in: Archäologie der Schweiz 14, 1991, p. 5.]
  2. ↑ Imprint ( Memento of the original from April 23, 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. , jungfrauregion.ch  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / jungfrauregion.ch
  3. ↑ Tourism policy - destination concentration: five instead of ten destinations. Media release, Bern Government Council, October 29, 2012, on be.ch;
    Only five destinations are promoting the Bernese region. In Der Bund online, October 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Does the Jungfrau region swallow up Haslital tourism? Benjamin Fischer in: Berner Oberländer online, October 24, 2014.

Coordinates: 46 ° 40 '3.1 "  N , 8 ° 16' 17.1"  E ; CH1903:  663 729  /  168815