Planalp
With Planalp that of will on the one hand Walser hamlet founded above Brienz referred, secondly, the Alp Planalp that begins in the hamlet and as high enough to Brienzergrat.
location
The hamlet of Planalp is 1341 m above sea level. M. The Alp Planalp begins above (north of) the Milibachflue (steep wall above Brienz). In the west, the Planalp is delimited from Rotschalp by the Tanngrindel . In the east, the border runs over the Grätli to the Brienzer Rothorn. In the north, the Brienzergrat represents the border.
traffic
In summer the Brienz-Rothorn-Bahn travels to the Brienzer Rothorn via Planalp and also makes a stop at the Planalp station. There is also a dirt road, but this is only permitted for all-wheel drive vehicles.
Hamlet of Planalp
The hamlet of Planalp, also known as Husstatt , is an old Walser settlement that used to be inhabited all year round. Today it is still used as a mountain pasture by around five farmers. It also has a large number of holiday homes, a restaurant and a mountain house with single and family rooms and dormitories.
Alm
The stafel
The alp has the following table
- Ausweid, this is the bottom panel
- Greesgi, the middle table
- Gummi, Rinderbiel and Obristen (also called Ober Stafel ) together form the top three stafel
organization
The alp is organized as a cooperative. She has 380 ½ cow rights .
Management
The alpine management is currently as follows:
- The first thing to do in spring is the Greesgi . This is mostly the case in early June. There is grazing for 4–6 weeks, depending on the feed.
- Then the different alpine farmers split up and we move on to the stafel Gummi, Rinderbiel and Obristen. They stay there for about 5 weeks.
- Afterwards they all come back together to the Stafel Greesgi to stay there for another 4–5 weeks.
- The last thing to do is pull into the bottom stave, the evisceration. There the alpine season comes to an end after another 10 to 14 days.
At the beginning of summer the evisceration is used by the Alp Rotschalp.
In the past, the alpine farmers did not split up to go to the top three bars, but all went from bar to bar together. As a result, the families were forced to have their own building on each pillar. Many ruins still bear witness to this today .
history
It is assumed that the Planalp was settled no later than the Gallo-Roman period (around 58 BC - 450 AD). Many place names are traced back to Roman roots.
In the winters of 1942 and 1943, large avalanches went down from Tanngrindel to Brienz. As a result, extensive avalanche barriers were built.
Myths and legends
Abplanalp
According to legend, the settlement was completely destroyed by an avalanche sometime between 1000 and 1100 AD. Only one infant survived in its cradle, which was found floating on Lake Brienz. But since nobody knew which family name the child had, it was given the family name Abplanalp (from Planalp).
The raid
Once the alp was attacked by the Obwaldners. The first fights took place at Mitlesten (place name in the Stafel Greesgi). According to the story, the dairyman was drowned in the Käskessi. In the meantime, a guardian boy was able to rush down to the hamlet of Planalp to get help. When the Obwalden saw the many Planal residents, they fled back towards Obwalden. However, they were overtaken by colonels and all killed. There are still two places that testify to this attack. In Mitlesten there is a place called “Mordsstiie”, and below the Brienzer Rothorn there is a plain called “Mordbode” (ground where murder took place).
Land register entry
Land register sheet No. 144 of Brienz: Alp Planalp holds 380 ½ cow rights.
Pastureland and border:
- towards morning: to the state forest area Gibelegg, the Schweifi and Blattmaad,
- Around noon: to the left of the Mühlebach to the watershed on the Dürrengrind and the Grätlisegg, the Schweifi and Blattmaad and the Planalp-Vorsassgüter, to the right of the Mühlebach to the Ausweid, Art. 2 and the forest area "Tanngrindel" of the Brienz community and to the Alp Rotschalp ,
- towards evening: to the Mühlebachgraben, to the fort area "Tanngrindel" of the municipality of Brienz and to the Alp Rotschalp,
- around midnight the canton border forms the Marche and on the Rothorn the terrain belonging to the Brienz-Rothorn company on the ridge and south of it.
Exceptions are the Tracé of the Rothorn Railway, which runs through the Alps, and a space of 350 m² at “Mittlesten”, which is used to deposit the material from the Kuhmaads Bridge.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 46 '21.6 " N , 8 ° 1' 12.8" E ; CH1903: 644.42 thousand / one hundred eighty thousand three hundred thirty-one