Reichenbachtal
The Reichenbachtal is a mountain valley in the Bernese Oberland municipality of Schattenhalb , above Meiringen at around 1,350 m above sea level. M. located.
geography
The Reichenbach (also Rychenbach), from which the name of the valley comes, flows from the Grosse Scheidegg to Meiringen , where it flows into the Aare .
In the middle of the valley is the penultimate inhabited village, Rosenlaui (1,328 m). Rosenlaui is known as the “smallest town in Switzerland” and, with its historic hotel, is reminiscent of the early days of tourism in Switzerland. Therefore, the valley is often referred to as the Rosenlauital.
Above the valley there is a panorama of the Rosenlauigletscher with a view of the Wetterhorn and Dossen . From there, alpine routes lead to the Engelhornhütte and the Dossenhütte . A walking path extends through a primitive natural surroundings, to the left Engelhörner (2'782 m) and in the wall construction Wellhorn rise (3'191 m).
Schwarzwaldalp lies further west of Rosenlaui, in the direction of Grindelwald . The village marks the end of the road section that is open to private traffic; From here onward travel is only permitted for Postbuses and bicycles ( Bergpoststrasse ). These run from Meiringen via the Schwarzwaldalp and the Grosse Scheidegg to neighboring Grindelwald, usually with a change in Schwarzwaldalp or on the Grosse Scheidegg.
Rosenlaui glacier gorge
Nearby is the Rosenlaui Glacier Gorge , a natural monument of national importance. Entry costs a few francs. A path about 500 meters long leads over steep steps, wet from the spray, through the narrow gorge , in which the meltwater from the Rosenlauigletscher flows and the walls of which are sometimes 70 to 80 meters high.
Stone extraction
At Rosenlaui, lintel blocks were occasionally taken up for stone extraction and processed in Bern . These rocks are limestone and lime breccias , which were occasionally used for furniture panels in the 18th century.
tourism
As early as the end of the 18th century, the natural valley became a tourist destination in the course of the rediscovery of the Alps in the Romantic era . Important painters such as Caspar Wolf , Joseph Anton Koch , Alexandre Calame and François Diday captured the wild and romantic landscape with the Rosenlauigletscher and the Wetterhorn on canvas. The government council of the canton of Bern erected a memorial to the alpine painters in Rosenlaui.
The Rosenlaui spa was founded in the middle of the 19th century and was expanded into a large hotel complex in a chalet style by 1914 . The natural mountain landscape with its glaciers and gorges is now a tourist attraction for gentle tourism .
From 1860 the Reichenbachtal was a magnet for pioneers of mountain photography like Adolphe Braun and Vittorio Sella . Local mountain guides helped the photographers on the grueling mountain tours to carry the wooden camera cases and heavy image plates to the photo locations and received photo albums with historical pictures of mountain tours as gifts.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the Rosenlauital
- ↑ F. de Quervain: The usable rocks of Switzerland . Bern (Kümmerly & Frey) 1969, p. 127
- ↑ Shadow half : painting
- ↑ Art guide through Switzerland - Volume 3 . Society for Swiss Art History GSK Bern, 2006. P. 514
- ↑ My Swiss Alps: How local mountain guides contributed to the beginnings of mountain photography
Coordinates: 46 ° 40 ′ 47.5 ″ N , 8 ° 8 ′ 57.9 ″ E