Prätschseen
| Prätschsee | ||
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| Upper Prätschsee looking towards the Brüggerhorn | ||
| Geographical location | Arosa / Peist ( Graubünden , Switzerland ) | |
| Tributaries | Sandy soils / Prätschalp | |
| Drain | Seebach to the Plessur | |
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| Coordinates | 770 919 / 185733 | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 1980 m above sea level M. | |
The Prätschseen are two mountain lakes located near Arosa in Switzerland .
location
The Prätschseen are located in the upper Schanfigg on a terrace-like, partly wooded high plateau between Alp Prätsch and Maran , around 500 meters in altitude west above the Litzirüti . You are in the area of the former Schanfigger community of Peist . The Prätschseen have belonged to the municipality of Arosa since the beginning of 2013.
Upper Prätschsee
The at 1980 m above sea level. M. located, promising top Prätschsee lies at Schanfigger trail of Arosa direction Ochsenalp- Tschiertschen . Since it can also be easily reached by mountain bike and horse, it enjoys great popularity as a destination with its fixed fireplace.
The inflow is located between the drive lane and the lake. When the snow melts , the water overflows towards Unter Prätschsee. In summer the spring gradually dries up and the lake slowly dries up, so that in late summer it is usually no longer possible to bathe. For this reason, the Ober Prätschsee does not have any fish stocks. The bottom of the lake is partially covered with block-like stones.
Not far from the lake is the historic Guisanplatz , from where another hiking trail leads towards Scheidegg and Brüggerhorn - Weisshorn . In winter, the Ober Prätschsee is not directly used for tourism, but it is often visited by snowshoe hikers.
Below Prätschsee
The larger Unter Prätschsee in terms of area is a neck or niche lake at 1910 m .
Emergence
The lower Prätschsee was created by the gradual deepening of part of the prehistoric valley floor. A small tributary pours from the slope below the Prätschalp into the northwestern shore of the lake. The runoff takes place via the Seebach to Litzirüti, where it crosses under the Arosabahn and Schanfiggerstrasse and flows into the Plessur at the Arosa Energie machine house .
history
In 1930 the Sporthotel Hof Maran received permission to use the lake as a bathing establishment. In order to get enough bathing depth, an earth dam around two meters high was built at the drain. The local architects Georg and Peter Brunold created a bathing house in the form of a wooden cuboid standing on stilts with a free-standing, tower-like slide . After a snowy winter, unusually heavy snowmelt on the afternoon of June 4, 1935 caused the dam to break. The previously practically empty Ober Prätschsee had filled so quickly that it overflowed and the water flowed into the Unter Präschsee. This still carried an ice cover, which suddenly collapsed due to the large influx. The lake water sloshed over the narrow dam that gave way to the masses of water.
The Seebach poured with great force towards Litzirüti. Boulders the size of small houses were washed out of the ravine and large spruce trees drove up to the valley. There was considerable damage to houses, stables, as well as to the canton road and the railway line. As a result, an international relief campaign was launched that lasted from July 1st to October 15th, 1935 and had 172 volunteers from 14 nations help clean up the Langwies population and the Arosa fire brigade . There had not been a comparable event at this point since 1768. The municipality of Langwies then built extensive water protection structures in the Litzirüti.
In 1942 the Arosa fishing association leased the Unter Prätschsee and used trout . As a result, showed regularly herons on the shore. Also, grouse and quail will stay in the area. As with the Schwarzsee, there are a number of brown mosses , sedges and ledges at the inflow .
Special
The Unter Prätschsee is no longer directly accessible for tourists today. As a result, it has almost achieved the character of a nature reserve . A marked hiking trail leads from Maran a long way above the lake to Prätschalp. From here, however, a detour to the lake is easily possible.
Due to the shallow water depth and increasing siltation, it is practically impossible to swim today. It is generally approved for fishing. In very cold autumn it should be possible to skate on the frozen black lake .
Origin of name
The origin of the name Prätsch is unclear. Early documented mentions name "Pradaz", "Pretsch" (1387) and 1428 for the first time "Prätsch". The fact that the name is derived from the Swiss German "Bretsch" (stone rubble, boulder) is unlikely in view of the Rhaeto-Romanic character of the area. Not least because of the topography and the traditional use of the area, a Romanesque origin such as "Bubretsch" (cattle pasture) or "Pra / Prada" (meadow) with the augmentative "atsch" is more likely to apply. The Prätschli area (originally Prätschji) near Maran got its name from the Walsers who immigrated to Arosa in the 13th century . It is a direct modification or diminutive of Prätsch.
swell
- Marcel Just, Christof Kübler, Matthias Noell (eds.): Arosa - Modernism in the mountains . gta, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-85676-214-8 , pp. 113, 117.
- Hans Danuser : Arosa - as it was then (1928–1946) , vol. 3, self-published by Danuser, Arosa 1999, p. 121 ff.
- Hans Danuser, Walser Association Graubünden (ed.): Old ways in Schanfigg. Walser Association Graubünden Publishing House, Splügen 1997, p. 137 f.
- Ernst Rahm: The Arosa Lakes , Arosa printing house, Arosa 1982, p. 13.
- Heinrich Tgetgel, Schweizer Wanderbuch 30 , Schanfigg – Arosa, 3rd edition, Bern 1971, pp. 66 ff., 85.
- JB Casty: Arosa - From the local history of the world-famous health resort , Verlag Kur- und Verkehrsverein Arosa, Arosa 1959, p. 103 f.
Web links
- Ober Prätschsee on schweizersee.ch
- Lower Prätschsee on schweizersee.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Andrea Schorta: How the mountain got its name , Terra Grischuna Verlag, 3rd edition, Chur 1999, p. 117.
- ↑ cf. Hans Danuser: Arosa place and field names including the Welschtobel and some areas near the border in neighboring communities, self-published Danuser, Arosa 2011, ISBN 3-905342-49-9 , pp. 77, 102.