Trachsellauenen
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 Switzerland
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 Bern (BE)
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| Administrative district : | Interlaken-Oberhasli | |
| Residential municipality : | Lauterbrunnen | |
| UN / LOCODE : | CH WNG (Wengen) | |
| Coordinates : | 635 650 / 152950 | |
| Height : | 1202 m above sea level M. | |
 Mountain restaurant in Trachsellauenen, June 2010 |
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The place Trachsellauenen had since the 17th century a center of mining in the Lauterbrunnen Valley . Today there is an inn and the ruins of the smelting furnace.
history
A small industrial village with workers' houses and utility buildings for the iron mine was built near the furnace. The ruins, excavated in 1992, date from the brief heyday of silver and lead mining in the period from 1782 to 1805. In 1805, the Schmelzi was abandoned, the background of the valley was probably cleared. The silver yield was never large enough.
Several centuries earlier, Trachsellauenen as well as Gimmelwald , Amerton , Sichellauenen and Mürren were inhabited by the Walsers .
reachability
Trachsellauenen is 1200 m above sea level. M. in the valley background of the Lauterbrunnen valley, still behind Stechelberg . The inn in Trachsellauenen can be reached in about 50 minutes on foot or by car.
literature
- Adriano Boschetti-Maradi et al .: The excavations in the smelting plants near Trachsellauenen in 1992 . In: Archeology in the Canton of Bern 5B, Bern 2004, 543-576. ISBN 3-907663-00-4
- Barbara Guénette-Beck et al .: The lead slag from Trachsellauenen . In: Archeology in the Canton of Bern 5B, Bern 2004, 577–589. ISBN 3-907663-00-4
Web links
- Trachsellauenen on ERZ.be.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information board - adb-trachsellauenen-tafel.pdf. In: erz.be.ch. Retrieved March 26, 2014 .