Lax VS

VS is the abbreviation for the canton of Valais in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Lax .

Lax

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Valais Valais (VS)
District :	Gomsw
BFS no. :	6061i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	3994
Coordinates :	652258 / 137.63 thousand coordinates: 46 ° 23 '17 " N , 8 ° 7' 5" O ; CH1903: 652258 / 13763046,388 8,118 1039
Height :	1039 m above sea level M.
Height range :	878–2858 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.41 km²
Residents:	309 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	57 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.lax.ch
Lax
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Lax ( Valais German Laggsch [ ˈlɑkʃ ]) is a municipal municipality and a civic municipality with a civic council in the Goms district in the Swiss canton of Valais . It also forms a parish of the dean's office in Ernen .

geography

Lax is located in the Aletsch region at the entrance to Goms . The place Lax itself is located at 1048 m above sea level. M. The lowest point of Lax and the district of Goms lies in the valley floor on the Rhone at 980 m above sea level. M.

The municipal area of Lax, a narrow band that extends from the valley to the high mountains of the glacier area, lies exclusively on the right (northern) side of the Rhone, i.e. on a southern slope. Despite the altitude, Lax therefore has a mild climate and is considered a climatic health resort . Even the frost-sensitive walnut tree thrives in Lax - like nowhere else in Goms. To the east, the deep Gorpigraben and the Altbach form the border with the municipality of Fiesch .

history

Lax is first mentioned in a document in 1295 as Lacx . The name comes from Latin lăcǔ (s) «trough-like depression, hollow; See, Tümpel, Teich »and probably refers to the hollow below the village that was probably drained late. The oldest surviving documentary mention of Lax as a community of Zehndens Goms dates from 1308. The first community regulations date from 1436.

Like the whole of Valais, Goms is also relatively dry. The oldest document, in which the allocation of water for irrigation purposes is regulated, goes back to the year 1347. Today Lax operates an irrigation system from which seven farms can benefit.

Lax hit the headlines at the end of 2004 because a revolving hotel in the form of a 100 meter high tower was planned in the community. The construction, which should have opened in 2007, did not materialize.

population

Population development
year	1850	1900	1950	2000	2016
Residents	167	191	222	290	295

traffic

Lax train station

Lax is connected to public transport with a station on the Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn on the Furka-Oberalp-Bahn route. Since both the regional trains between Visp and Andermatt and those between Zermatt and Fiesch run every hour and stop in Lax on request , two connections per hour and direction are available in Lax (as of 2018). In addition, some postbus courses go via Lax.

Lax is located on the main Swiss road 19 . The distance from Brig to the west is 15 km, from the east Lax can be reached by car transport through the Furka base tunnel , and in summer via the Grimsel , Furka or Nufenen passes .

Attractions

Church of St. Anna in Lax

literature

Alois Grichting: Lax. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2017 .
Walter Ruppen: Lax . In: Society for Swiss Art History (Hrsg.): Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz (= Vol. 67 ). Untergoms Vol. 2. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1979, ISBN 3-7643-1080-4 , p. 420-440 .

Web links

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

Lax VS on the ETHorama platform
Official website of the municipality of Lax

Individual evidence

↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
^ Linguistic Atlas of German-speaking Switzerland , Volume V 1b.
↑ Alois Grichting: Lax. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
↑ Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 515.
^ Bernhard Brechbühl: Valais community Lax wants an alpine skyscraper . In: 20 minutes . November 19, 2004. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
↑ A terrific failure . In: Tages-Anzeiger . March 26, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
↑ Lax parish . Retrieved April 27, 2015.

[1] Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .

[2] Linguistic Atlas of German-speaking Switzerland , Volume V 1b.

[3] Alois Grichting: Lax. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

[4] Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 515.

[5] Bernhard Brechbühl: Valais community Lax wants an alpine skyscraper . In: 20 minutes . November 19, 2004. Retrieved April 27, 2015.

[6] A terrific failure . In: Tages-Anzeiger . March 26, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.

[7] Lax parish . Retrieved April 27, 2015.