Kinzig Pass

Kinzig Pass
Kinzigpass, seen from the Weissenboden (Biel)
Compass direction	north	south
Pass height	2073  m above sea level M.
Canton	Uri
Watershed	Muota	Weaknesses
Valley locations	Muotathal	Bürglen
expansion	Mule track
map
Coordinates	698 001  /  195933 coordinates: 46 ° 54 '26 "  N , 8 ° 43' 30"  O ; CH1903:  698 001  /  195933

The Kinzigpass (often also spelled Chinzig) is a mule track in Switzerland . It connects over a height of 2073  m above sea level. M. the Urner Schächental with the Schwyzerischen Muotatal . A cable car runs from Bürglen in the Schächental to Biel .

history

A crossing of the pass by the Russian General Suworow with his army (about 21,000 men) on September 26, 1799, which took two days is described as historical . At the pass there is a refuge and the highest chapel in the canton of Uri . It was built in 1924 and the interior was painted by the Uri painter Heinrich Danioth.

Web links

• Height chart
• Chinzig Chulm on wandersite.ch
• Cable cars in Bürglen at buerglen.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 18, 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. 
2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 17, 2008 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.