Meglisalp

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The Meglisalp in May 2007
The Meglisalp in July 2006, view from the Ebenalp
The chapel
Aerial tramway from Seealp to Meglisalp in passenger transport

The Meglisalp is an alpine settlement in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden . It lies at 1517  m above sea level. M. in a flat hollow in the Alpstein region east of the Säntis .

In the local dialect one says [megli'salp]. The alp was already occupied in the Middle Ages (1071 Megelinsalpa , approx. 1280 Megilinsalpe ).

The Meglisalp is a popular destination in summer and can a. can be reached from Wasserauen over the Seealpsee . In addition to the Meglisalp mountain inn, the settlement also has a chapel.

history

The first mention of the Meglisalp as Megelinsalpa can be found in a document from 1071, issued by St. Gallen Abbot Nortbert (1034-1072). Between 1646 and 1870 several new buildings were erected on the alp, including the first small inn in 1861. In 1862 Josef Anton Dörig bought the inn, which he ran until his death in 1909. In 1898 Dörig replaced the primitive building with the Meglisalp inn, which still exists today. The entire building material had to be carried by strong men from Wasserauen to the Meglisalp. Together with the St. Gallen SAC section, Dörig expanded the hiking trails in the area around the Alp and the access from Alp Seealp. In 1880 a refuge was built halfway between Alp Seealp and Meglisalp.

In 1897, the engineer Johann Ulrich Deutsch received a federal concession to build a cog railway between Wasserauen and Meglisalp. In addition to the terminus of the rack railway, a valley station for an aerial cableway to the Säntis was planned. But the rack railway could never be realized due to financial difficulties, the Säntis was only opened from the Schwägalp between 1933 and 1935 with the Schwägalp – Säntis aerial cableway . A small chapel called Maria zum Schnee was built on the Alp in 1905 as part of the project. The idea of ​​a passenger lift in 1937 could not be realized either. The Meglisalp can still only be reached on foot. It was not until 1952 that a material ropeway was built to ensure that the Alp was supplied with material, food and beverages. In 1999 the material ropeway was replaced by a single-cable aerial tramway. This is primarily used for the transport of goods, but is also approved for the transport of a maximum of four people. The cable car has an inclined length of 705 meters and overcomes a height difference of 345 meters. The transport capacity is 26 people per hour.

Web links

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

Remarks

  1. ^ S. Sonderegger: The place and field names of the Land of Appenzell, Vol. I: 30, Frauenfeld 1958
  2. ^ Alfred Ehrensperger The church service in Appenzell and Sarganserland, Werdenberg before, during and after the Reformation until approx. 1700 page 17
  3. ↑ zeitzeugnisse.ch Berggasthaus Meglisalp. Retrieved August 26, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Information from the manufacturer of the aerial tramway Inauer Schätti AG from Schwanden

Coordinates: 47 ° 15 '21 "  N , 9 ° 23' 8"  E ; CH1903:  747355  /  235708