Riederalp

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Riederalp
Riederalp coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ValaisCanton of Valais Valais (VS)
District : East of Raronw
BFS no. : 6181i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 3987 Riederalp
3983 Goppisberg, Greich
3986 Ried-Mörel
Coordinates : 645 135  /  136430 coordinates: 46 ° 22 '40 "  N , 8 ° 1' 31"  O ; CH1903:  645135  /  136430
Height : 1905  m above sea level M.
Height range : 707–2360 m above sea level M.
Area : 19.09  km²
Residents: 452 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 24 inhabitants per km²
Mayor : Peter Albrecht
Website: www.gemeinde-riederalp.ch
Eastern part of Riederalp (valley station of the Moosfluh cable car)

Eastern part of Riederalp
(valley station of the Moosfluh cable car )
Location of the municipality
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Riederalp is a merged municipality in the Ostlich Raron district in the Swiss canton of Valais . It is located southeast of the Aletsch Forest , in the area of ​​the Jungfrau-Aletsch mountain region, which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002 , and is thus part of the Aletsch area .

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1949

history

The community was founded on November 1st, 2003 through the merger of the previously independent communities of Goppisberg , Greich and Ried-Mörel .

population

Population development
year 2000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Residents 527 527 529 536 508 508 498 488
  • Goppisberg, 75 inhabitants
  • Greich, 165 inhabitants
  • Ried-Mörel, 315 inhabitants

Historically, the ski area commonly known today as Riederalp consists of three Alps, from west to east the Riederalp, the Greicheralp and the Goppisberger Alp, which belonged to the respective hillside villages of Ried, Greich and Goppisberg.

coat of arms

The new community as a whole has not had a coat of arms since its merger in 2003; several proposals were consistently rejected by the authority. The coat of arms with three stars as a symbol for the communities, mountains and glaciers was only accepted by the voters on November 30, 2008.

  • Goppisberg

  • Greich

  • Ried-Mörel

tourism

Western part of Riederalp with golf course (view from the Hohfluh cable car )

Riederalp is car-free and lives primarily from tourism . In winter, winter sports enthusiasts have around 104 km of slopes and 34 lifts at their disposal in the Aletsch Arena ski area . A new 4-seater Hohfluh chairlift has been in operation since December 5, 2009 . In summer the community is the starting point for hikers and bikers. The suspension bridge that opened in summer 2008 and connects Riederalp with Belalp is an attraction . The 9-hole golf course on Riederalp is the highest in Europe .

  • chapel

  • Chalets

  • Riederalp

  • Riederalp Railway (2013)

traffic

In Mörel there is a Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn station (MGB, timetable field 610).

Riederalp is with the big cable car Mörel -Riederalp-center or the 6-seater gondola reachable Mörel-Mörel-Riederalp-West.

On December 14, 1996 at 9:40 am, a cable car accident occurred near the Riederalp – Moosfluh gondola. The axis of the pulley in the valley station broke and several cabins hit the ground due to the significantly increased rope slack. One passenger died, 18 passengers suffered injuries.

Attractions

Villa Cassel, Riederalp

Personalities

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
  2. ^ Suggestions for a new coat of arms
  3. ↑ Acceptance of the coat of arms ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gemeinde-riederalp.ch
  4. ↑ suspension bridge
  5. ↑ Article on Tages-Anzeiger online (no longer available)
  6. ↑ Villa Cassel on ETHorama