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Oberbauenstock (center) & Niederbauen Kulm (right) above Lake Uri (from the canton of Schwyz SZ in the NE).

Oberbauenstock (center) & Niederbauen Kulm (right) above Lake Uri (from the canton of SZ in the NE). Canton of SchwyzCanton of Schwyz 
height 2116.9  m above sea level M.
location Canton of NidwaldenCanton of Nidwalden NW / UR , CHCanton of UriCanton of Uri SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
Mountains Alps ( Urner Alps )
Dominance 3.9 km →  Schwalmis
Notch height 264 m ↓  on the ridge to the Zingel
Coordinates 684.19 thousand  /  198009 coordinates: 46 ° 55 '40 "  N , 8 ° 32' 39"  O ; CH1903:  684190  /  198009
Oberbauenstock (Urner Alps)
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The Oberbauenstock (also called Baberg by locals ) is a summit in the Uri Alps on the border of the cantons of Nidwalden and Uri in Switzerland . The summit cross is at 2116.9  m above sea level. M. and forms the highest point in the community of Seelisberg . It belongs to a mountain range together with the Zingel ( 1901  m ), Gandispitz ( 1996  m ), Jochlistock ( 2079  m ) and the Schwalmis ( 2246  m ).

tourism

In summer, crossing these peaks is a promising ridge hike, which, however, is reserved for experienced mountain hikers. The Oberbauenstock can also be climbed from Niederbauen via Schwiren. It is rarely visited in both summer and winter, in contrast to its northern neighbor Niederbauen, which is also very promising, especially since you can shorten the route from two sides by using cable cars.

geology

The Bauen – Brisen –Kette belongs to the geological group of the Helvetic Limestone Alps and forms a fold in the Drusberg blanket of the chalk .

  • The demanding ascent via Schwiren

  • Rock band of the Oberbauenstock

Discussion about a repository for radioactive waste

In 1983 Nagra announced that the Niderbauenstock would be suitable for the construction of a repository for radioactive waste due to its geographical location and geological composition. Thanks to the construction of the Seelisberg Tunnel in the 1970s, the geological knowledge of the mountain was already extensive. In particular, the rock layer of the marl seemed to be suitable for the storage of radioactive residues.

The local population reacted with opposition to this announcement. On March 5, 1983, the citizens' initiative “Atomic Garbage Hiä Niä” was formed and around 150 people were present at its founding meeting. On the one hand, the opposition questioned the feasibility of a safe repository, on the other hand they criticized the choice of location: the population of the canton of Uri was not prepared to make another “national sacrifice” after the construction of the Gotthard railway and motorway.

In the same year, the citizens' initiative, together with the communities of Ollon and Mesocco, in which people were also against a repository, commissioned a study of their own on the feasibility and safety of a storage facility from the Ökos office , a consultancy for applied ecology . The study published in March 1984 expressed strong doubts as to whether the safety of a repository in the Oberbauenstock could be guaranteed and delegitimized Nagra's expertise. The Uri government also increasingly opposed the project and Nagra abandoned the Oberbauenstock site after 1993, only assessing the available marl rock layer as “only sufficient to scarce”.

literature

  • Hans Jakob Fichter: Geology of the Bauen Brisen chain on Lake Lucerne and the cyclical structure of the chalk and the Malm of the Helvetian nappes. In: Contributions to the geological map of Switzerland NF 69, 1934.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ René Hantke: Tectonics of the Helvetian Limestone Alps between Obwalden and the St. Gallen Rhine Valley. In: Quarterly publication of the Natural Research Society in Zurich 1961, pp. 1–212, pp. 132–134.
  2. ↑ Nagra (Ed.): Nuclear Waste Management Switzerland. Concept and status of the work 1982 . Technical report 83-2. Baden, S. 110 .
  3. ↑ Markus Furrer: The new opposition in original Switzerland in the 1970s and 1980s. Historical case studies on the ecology movement and the formation of “green” party groups in the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden and Nidwalden . Freiburg i. Ü. 1992, p. 142-150 .
  4. ↑ Reto Gamma: Nagra Exploratory Request for Building. Rest in the country . In: Alternative . Altdorf 1983, p. 8th ff .
  5. ↑ Ueli Kasser, Gerhard Furrer, Albert von Däniken: The final disposal of low and medium level radioactive waste in Switzerland. Weak points in the risk calculation . Zurich 1984.
  6. ↑ Wellenberg as a location for nuclear waste disposal . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . June 30, 1993.
  7. ^ Stefan Fryberg, Heinz Baumann: Strube times. Uri 1900-2000 . Baumann & Fryberg, Altdorf 2003, p. 194 .