Sarojaalpe

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The Sarojaalpe (also called Hinterälpele , about 1474  m above sea level ) in the market town of Frastanz ( Vorarlberg , Austria ) is a cow. Formal owner of much of the Sarojaalpe is since 1966 the agricultural community Alpgenossenschaft Frastanz .

Surname

The second name of the Sarojaalpe, Hinterälpele , refers to part of the ridge on the foothills of the Rätikon below the Three Sisters . As a counterpart, there is that of the Sarojaalpe / Hinterälpele about 2500 m distance away, lying on the same ridge Vorderälpele .

Location, geography, topography, traffic

The Sarojaalpe is located below the Sarojahöhe or the Sarojasattel . The large parcel of Sarojen is located on the Sarojaalpe .

The Sarojaalpe is part of the northwestern part of the Rätikon . According to the orographic - hydrologically oriented mountain group structure for the Austrian cave directory , the Bregenzerwald Mountains west of the Bregenzer Ach form the main part of the 1110 Rhine Valley - Walgau - Bregenz Forest group , of which the Vorderälpele forms the outermost part. The Sarojaalpe is just before that.

There is no public access to the Sarojaalpe. To the southeast below the Sarojaalpe is the Gaudenzaalpe about 1000 m as the crow flies. The border between Liechtenstein and Austria runs through the historic alpine area of ​​the Sarojaalpe .

climate

The annual mean temperature is around 4.5 ° C. The mean solar irradiation 873 kWh / m² (maximum: 1351 kWh / m²) and the annual precipitation 1458 mm (maximum: 2768 mm). The Sarojaalpe has an average of snow cover for at least 26 weeks a year (maximum 40 weeks).

White zone

A small part of the Sarojaalpe is part of a white zone. The white zone "Three Sisters" with a total area of ​​about 2.9 km² between 796 (confluence of the Stiegtobel in the Samina ) and 2105 m above sea level. ( Garsellakopf ), extends mainly from the Garsellakopf / Drei Schwestern ( 2053  m above sea level ) to the Garsellaalpe ( 1759  m above sea level , today a sheep alpe).

Cable car

In July 1969, the Liechtensteiner Unterland Tourist Office was considering a three-sister cable car . The Drei Schwestern Luftseilbahn AG was founded on October 23, 1971 . On a plateau at Sarojasattel should top station of the Three Sisters cable car to be built. The valley station was planned on the road in the Schaanwald opposite the junction to Mauren . In March 1972, a building right and lease agreement for the use of the alpine area for this cable car was concluded with the Agricultural Association of the Alpgenossenschaft Frastanz. The Liechtenstein government granted Dreischwestern Luftseilbahn AG a business license on January 30, 1973, and the latter received a license from the Swiss energy industry departments.

Subsequently, a development of the Hinterälpel with a ski lift (transport capacity 1000 people / hour) and a practice lift was planned. The three-sister cable car was to be designed as a shuttle cable car with two cabins for 80 people each (transport capacity 700 people / hour). A mountain restaurant with a viewing terrace (400 seats) and a rotating interior (200 seats) was also planned for the mountain station.

It was calculated with a frequency of around 170,000 people annually (110,000 in summer, 60,000 in winter), the construction costs were initially calculated at 7.3 million Swiss francs, later construction costs of 15 million Swiss francs were also rumored.

Concerns have been raised against these plans in Liechtenstein (especially by the Liechtenstein Society for Environmental Protection, LGU, founded on February 8, 1973). In Vorarlberg, too, these expansion plans did not find many supporters. The construction was postponed further and further (originally the opening was planned in December 1972).

Due to the concerns in Vorarlberg, especially in the market town of Frastanz, the Vorarlberg state government designated an area of ​​498.4 hectares as a protected part of the landscape on June 30, 1976 , in which the construction of cable cars, drag lifts and other ascent aids was expressly prohibited .

Curiosity

On the parcel 5298/1 to 5298/5 in the Sarojaalpe area, there is still an easement in favor of the German Reich ( Reich Finance Administration) for the construction and maintenance of a post hut for the customs border guard.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Günter Stummer, Lukas Plan: Handbook on the Austrian cave directory including the Bavarian Alpine region . Ed .: Association of Austrian Speleologists and karst and speleological department of the Natural History Museum Vienna (=  Speldok . No. 10 ). Vienna 2002 ( hoehle.org [PDF; 2.1 MB ; accessed on October 21, 2016]).
  2. ↑ 32 Three Sisters , website Land Vorarlberg, p. 264.
  3. ↑ 32 Three Sisters , website Land Vorarlberg, p. 261.
  4. ↑ Initiative committee for the Drei Schwestern Luftseilbahn AG (1971): Drei Schwestern Luftseilbahn, Terra plana, issue 3, pp. 4-8.
  5. ↑ The failed project of the Three Sisters aerial cableway , website: mariobroggi.li.
  6. ↑ Land register excerpt for the number of deposits (EZ) 823, Land Register Frastanz I. Last accessed on November 29, 2019.

Coordinates: 47 ° 11 ′ 22.8 "  N , 9 ° 34 ′ 45"  E