Sünser yoke
| Sünser yoke | |||
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 View from the Sünser Spitze to the Sünser Joch from the north-northwest of the Damüls municipality and the rear Bregenzerwald. On the right the Portlahorn and Portlakopf , below the Sünser See . |
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| Pass height | 1911 m above sea level A. | ||
| state | Vorarlberg , Austria | ||
| Watershed | Sünserbach | Großtobelbach | |
| Valley locations | Dornbirn | Damuls | |
| expansion | Hiking trail | ||
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| Coordinates | 47 ° 17 '52 " N , 9 ° 50' 48" E | ||
The Sünser Joch (also: Sünserjoch or Ragazerjoch ) is a mountain pass (pass height 1903 m above sea level or 1911 m above sea level ) in the Alps ( Eastern Alps , Northern Limestone Alps ). It is located in Austria (federal state Vorarlberg ) and connects the valley of the Bregenzer Ach ( Bregenzerwald ) near Damüls with the municipality of Dornbirn .
Surname
There is no reliable derivation of the origin from the word “Süns”. Josef Zösmair derives it from a personal name (Germ.) "Sunno". He also mentions the Roman family name Sunius as a possible derivation. Around 400 A.D. There was also a Sunno , Duke of the Franks, and he also refers to Sinzheim in Baden , which was called "Sumes" or "Sunnesheim" in 1261 and also to the fact that "Sinz" is a name that is still in use in Vorarlberg .
The term "Suniu" ( Old High German for son, Gothic : Sunus (Sunau)), as it was used in the document of 1403 for the Sünser Alpe , can also indicate this root.
The other name of the yoke, Ragaz , is stressed on the second syllable. Where the name Ragaz is derived from and what meaning it has is not certain. The municipality of Bad Ragaz , about 40 km as the crow flies, was first mentioned as such in the first half of the 9th century in the Churrätischen Reichsgutsurbar , namely as "curtis ragaces", in the sense of Hof Ragaz as an agricultural property. Here, too, a plausible explanation for the name Ragaz has not yet been possible (if there is any connection at all). In the collection of documents and files of the municipality of Ragaz from 1872, it is stated that the name is derived from the Rhaetian tribe of the "Rukantier".
Joch in the sense of Italian forca means 'mountain pass' (a name with Rhaeto-Romanic roots).
Location and special features
The Sünser Joch lies between the Portlahorn ( 2010 m above sea level ) and the Sünser Spitze ( 2061 m above sea level ) or Ragazer Blanken ( 2051 m above sea level ). It is a pass crossing with old but purely local significance. The pass path is correspondingly simple, and to this day only a natural path leads to and over it.
On the Sünser Joch, the oldest finds of human presence so far (and on the banks of the Sünsersee) were located at 1800–1900 m altitude in the Dornbirn municipality, which were dated to the Middle Stone Age (8000 to 3000 BC).
hike
The Sünser Joch can be easily reached on foot from the Portlaalpe ( 1710 m above sea level ). The entire area around the Sünser Alpe requires surefootedness, in some cases a head for heights and alpine equipment with good mountain boots. The closest hiking base is the Portlaalpe and the Freschenhaus ( 1846 m above sea level ). The surrounding Alps (e.g. Portlaalpe and Sünser Alpe) are only cultivated in summer.
The Sünser Joch is part of the Oberdamülser circuit.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Josef Zösmair, Die Bergnames Vorarlbergs, UT: if possible explained on a documentary basis, Verlag der Vorarlberger Buchdruckerei-Gesellschaft mbH, Dornbirn 1923, p. 34.
- ^ Grammar of the New High German Language by August Engelie (Google Books).
- ^ The name Ragaz , website of the Bad Ragaz community.
- ↑ FL. Egger, collection of documents and files from the Ragaz community , Ragaz 1872, p. III.