Surenen Pass

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Surenen Pass
Surenenpass with a view of the Blackenstock

Surenenpass with a view of the Blackenstock

Compass direction west east
Pass height 2291  m above sea level M.
Canton Canton of UriCanton of Uri Uri SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland 
Watershed Engelberger Aa Reuss
Valley locations Engelberg Altdorf UR
expansion Mule track
Mountains Uri Alps
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Surenen Pass (Uri Alps)
Surenen Pass
Coordinates 684 458  /  187847 coordinates: 46 ° 50 '11 "  N , 8 ° 32' 45"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and eighty-four thousand four hundred fifty-eight  /  187847
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The Surenenpass ( 2291  m above sea level ) is a mountain pass in the Uri Alps in central Switzerland and is one of the alpine mule tracks .

geography

The pass is located in the canton of Uri , 20 kilometers south of Lake Lucerne . It connects the Urner Reuss Valley with that of the Engelberger Aa and Engelberg ( Canton Obwalden ). The transition is between the Blackenstock ( 2931  m above sea level ) in the north and the Engenmandli ( 2448  m above sea level ), a foothill of the Schlossberg , in the south. Further south and south-west are the three-thousand-meter peaks of Schlossberg, Spannort and Titlis , and in the north-west are the 2800 meter high mountain ranges between Engelberger Rotstock , Brunnistock and Gitschen .

history

Finds show that the pass was already used in the Bronze Age and by the Romans . In addition, a building floor plan was excavated east of the pass at the Geissrüggen in 2013 , which could be dated to the early Iron Age, the Hallstatt period , using the radiocarbon method. On the Blackenalp ( 1773  m above sea level ) west of the top of the pass there is a late medieval path chapel.

The canton of Uri extends several kilometers west of the pass. The demarcation was the subject of conflicts and fights for centuries between the Uri and Engelberg monastery . It was not until 1609 that the limit was finally determined.

In 1799, a French division under General Claude-Jacques Lecourbe crossed the Surenen Pass with artillery to attack the Austrian army in the Reuss Valley.

Hiking area

The pass is the starting point for high alpine hiking and some via ferratas . You can cross it on foot or by mountain bike via the alpine hiking trail. About 40 meters below the top of the pass there is a small refuge on the west side. The Spannorthütte SAC is an ideal place to stay .

Web links

Commons : Surenenpass  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Surah legend according to Grimm  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Hans Stadler: Surenen Pass. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  2. ↑ 2500 years old: Oldest alpine hut discovered. In: look online. August 7, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Marion Sauter (Ed.): Surenenpass. Archeology and history in Attinghausen . (= Archäologische Prospektion - Archaeological Survey . Volume 1) Librum, Hochwald 2016, ISBN 978-3952454213 .
  4. ↑ Blacken Chapel. In: Catholic Church Erstfeld. Retrieved August 7, 2013 .
  5. ^ A b Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de geographie (editor): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 5: Switzerland - Tavetsch . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1908, p. 732, keyword Surenenpass   ( scan of the lexicon page ).