Klimsenhorn

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Klimsenhorn
View of the Klimsen Chapel above the Nauen snowfield and the Klimsenhorn with the summit cross.

View of the Klimsen Chapel above the Nauen snowfield and the Klimsenhorn with the summit cross.

height 1907.2  m above sea level M.
location Canton of Nidwalden , Switzerland .
Mountains Pilatus massif
Dominance 0.25 km →  Oberhaupt
Notch height 40 m ↓  unnamed notch
Coordinates 661 737  /  203 894 coordinates: 46 ° 59 '0 "  N , 8 ° 15' 0"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and sixty-one thousand seven hundred thirty-seven  /  two hundred and three thousand eight hundred ninety-four
Klimsenhorn (Canton of Nidwalden)
Klimsenhorn
The Pilatus massif with donkey and head in the center of the picture, to the right of it the snow field in the Nauen and finally the Klimsenhorn.

The Pilatus massif with donkey and head in the center of the picture, to the right of it the snow field in the Nauen and finally the Klimsenhorn .

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The Klimsenhorn is a mountain peak of the Pilatus massif . It is located in the municipality of Hergiswil in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland .

geography

The Klimsenhorn ( 1907.2  m above sea level ) stands in front of the Oberhaupt ( 2106  m above sea level ) to the northwest over the Klimsen saddle . From Klimsenhorn go two branches from the northwest Lauelenegg ( 1442  m above sea level. M. ) and northeast the Fräkmüntegg ( 1469  m above sea level. M. ). The Egg der Lauelen runs over the Höchberg ( 1198  m above sea level ) north-west to the Würzenegg ( 1173  m above sea level ) and borders the Eigental , that of the Fräkmünt stretches in a wide arc eastwards around the catchment area of ​​the Steinibach . The Krienseregg ( 1026  m above sea level ) is located between the northern Eggen in the catchment area of ​​the Ränggbach .

history

  • Klimsenkapelle on the Klimsenhorn, as it can be seen today from Pilatus.

  • The chapel on the Klimsen saddle. The foundations of the former hotel are clearly visible.

  • The Klimsen House in 1966

On the saddle of the Klimsen, Kaspar Blättler built the Klimsenkapelle and the Hotel Klimsenhorn from 1856 to 1861 . The hotelier in the 19th century was the Alpnach Melchior Britschgi . The hotel burned down and was demolished in 1967. The chapel was renovated in 2003 and consecrated in August 2004 by Abbot Berchtold Müller .

Web links

Commons : Klimsenhorn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Waltraud Hörsch: Pilatus. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  2. ^ Otto Camenzind: Britschgi, Melchior. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .