Tschuggen (Arosa)
| Tschuggen | ||
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 Tschuggen with a former observatory, parts of the Arosa Dolomites in the background |
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| height | 2049.3 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Canton of Graubünden ( Switzerland ) | |
| Mountains | Alps | |
| Coordinates | 769 952 / 183753 | |
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| rock | Penninikum (Aroser scale zone) | |
| First ascent | unknown | |
| Development | Hiking trails, mountain railways | |
The Tschuggen ( 2049.3 m above sea level ) is a round hilltop in the Plessur Alps in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland . It is located in the area of the municipality of Arosa southeast of the Weisshorn .
Location and description
The Tschuggen is part of the central Plessurberge and a lookout point of the mountains around Arosa. It is located in the middle of the Arosa ski area and forms its main ski practice area. The Arosa settlement area extends around the Tschuggen, from its northeastern end (Prätschli) to the southwest in Innerarosa. On its south side at 1991 m above sea level. M. is the Tschuggenhütte , which has been hosted in winter since 1970 , a disused part of the Chur Sattelalp and the venue for the Arosa Humor Festival . At the southeast end of the summit is the Federal Observatory (astrophysical observatory of the ETH Zurich ), which was built in 1938 and closed in 2002 and is now owned by the Chur community .
The name Tschuggen means "rock head, mostly partly overgrown slope, wall". It can be found in the same meaning in various areas where Walser settled or settled as well as in the Swiss canton of Bern . The Tschuggen, in turn, gave its name to the Tschuggen Grand Hotel in the south , the former Berghilf sanatorium on the Rütiwiese.
Use and development of the Tschuggen area
Ski jumps
From 1910 to 1913 the Tschuggen's first ski jumping hills were located , initially in the summit area, then for two years on the eastern slope not far above the Obersee (Tomelischanze). The prospect of bringing the Swiss ski championships to Arosa and the growing interest in the new sport of ski jumping then prompted the local ski club to build an actual large hill. Of the two locations in question, Scheitenböden - also on Tschuggen-Osthang - and Bärenbad on Schafrügg , the choice fell on the latter.
Projects for a Tschuggenbahn
In 1928 a license application was submitted for the construction of a funicular from Arosa station via Hohe Promenade, Prätschli to Tschuggen. Spa director Hans Roelli outlined the possibility of building a golf course on the Tschuggen. The continuation of the Chur-Arosa Railway via Maran , Prätschli and the Sattel to Innerarosa was also up for discussion. For reasons of nature and landscape protection, after massive resistance from an initiative committee, the building was abandoned; Those responsible feared in particular that the Tschuggen summit would later be disfigured by hotels and other buildings. As an alternative, a regular horse-drawn sleigh connection - the Tschuggentram - was set up from Villa Herwig (today: Panarosa) to the Tschuggen from 1932 . Another, equally unsuccessful, railway project was examined from 1934, this time with a funicular connection from Innerarosa and a continuation to the Weisshorn and the Hörnli .
The Tschuggenlift (1938–1998) and the Tschuggen-Ost chairlift (since 1983)
In 1938 the AG Autobus- und Skiliftanlagen (today: Arosa Bergbahnen ) opened up the Tschuggen area with a first ski lift from Arosa station through the Tschuggenwald to point 2045. This tow lift from Ernst Constam overcame a height of 896 meters of 292 meters with a maximum performance of 600 people per hour. Between Tomeli and Prätschlistrasse there was an intermediate entry point on the piste. The opening took place on December 16, 1938 by the Dutch baroness Gratia Schimmelpenninck , who was the first to be allowed to drive through the ribbon.
In 1983 the lift, which was revised by Walter Städeli / Oetwil am See (WSO) in 1967, was replaced after 45 years of operation by a combined system with a drag lift and detachable triple chair from WSO. The resulting overcapacity, right next to the Weisshornbahn (LAW), meant that the surface lift was no longer in operation some time after the LAW was modernized in 1992 and was finally dismantled in 1998. The Tschuggen-Ost chairlift is next to the La Foilleuse chairlift in Morgins , since the Innerarosa-Tschuggen chairlift was converted into a gondola lift (see below), one of the last detachable triple chairlifts from WSO in operation worldwide.
The Arosa – Weisshorn aerial cableway (LAW, since 1956)
In 1956/57 the Weisshornbahn was built from Arosa station to the Weisshorn summit. The first section, which leads to the area of the Mittlere Hütte of the Sattelalp, is another feeder route, albeit to the northern part of the Tschuggen and not directly to the top.
Tomeli ski lift (since 1960)
This system, built by Oehler / Aarau in 1960, leads from the Tomelibach southwest of the Prätschli to the highest point of the Tschuggen. After the construction of a new ski lift in 1998 on the Maraner Alp directly at the Hotel Prätschli, the ski lift was renamed from Prätschli to Tomeli .
The Tschuggen-West and Ried ski lifts (since 1972/1976)
In 1972 and 1976, respectively, the two practice lifts from Ried to Tschuggen (Tschuggen-West-Lift) and the Sattel (Ried-Lift) were built. The two systems from WSO are technically identical and each have a drive at the mountain station.
The Innerarosa – Tschuggen chairlift (SIT, 1973–2010) and the Kulm gondola lift (since 2010)
In 1973 WSO built a two-seater chairlift from the upper Chuorimatta at the then valley station of the Carmenna lift on the Tschuggen. It overcame a height of a good 203 m over a length of 688.5 m. In 1983 this "SIT" (Innerarosa – Tschuggen chairlift) was also converted by WSO into a detachable three-seater chairlift, which for technical reasons meant that the public could no longer descend. Part of the building of the former mountain station of the two-seater chairlift was later converted into a small restaurant ( SIT hut ).
In 2010, the chairlift was replaced by a four-seater gondola with an identical route, whereby, as with the first renovation, certain components - in particular the mountain and valley stations and supports 3 to 9 (now referred to as 4 to 10) - were taken over. The conveying capacity is 1350 people / h at a maximum speed of 4 m / s. A passenger feeder system from the Innerarosa parking garage, which was built in 2010, to the valley station of what has since been known as the "Kulm gondola lift" is in operation.
The Tschuggen Express (since 2009)
In the course of the realization of the mountain oasis by Mario Botta in the years 2004-2006, the Tschuggen Grand Hotel planned to build its own feeder to the Tschuggenhütte. The system created by Coaster Verkehrssysteme GmbH was a world first in this form. Since the Tschuggen Coaster had significant defects, the scheduled start of operation was delayed until the beginning of 2009. The facility, now known as the Tschuggen Express , is technically supervised by the Arosa Bergbahnen, but is only open to hotel guests. On August 24, 2015, the Tschuggen Express with Oskar Walder from Arni-Islisberg carried the 100,000th passenger.
Snowboard competitions on the Tschuggen
In 1996, the Arosa Bergbahnen built a snowboard fun park, including a large halfpipe , on the northeast slope of Tschuggen next to the Tomeli ski lift , on which major events such as the 2007 snowboard world championship and world cup races are held. In March 2011 the FIS World Cup final (halfpipe) took place here. The facility is also open to freestyle skiers . The World Cup Big Air competitions were held on the Tschuggensüdhang near Bergkirchli .
swell
- Manfred Hunziker: Ringelspitz / Arosa / Rätikon, Alpine Touren / Bündner Alpen , Verlag des SAC 2010, ISBN 978-3-85902-313-0 , p. 301.
- Marcel Just, Christof Kübler, Matthias Noell (Eds.) Arosa - The Modern Age in the Mountains , gta Verlag, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-85676-214-8 , p. 53.
- Arosa Bergbahnen AG (publisher): Bergfahrt - 75 years of mountain railways in Arosa , Weber AG, Thun-Gwatt 2005, ISBN 3-909532-30-6 , p. 12, 44 f.
- Hans Danuser : Arosa - as it was then (1928–1946) , vol. 3, self-published by Danuser, Arosa 1999, pp. 69 ff., 109 f., 119 f., 164.
- Hans Danuser: Arosa - as it was then (1907–1928) , vol. 2, self-published by Danuser, Arosa 1998, p. 218 f., 222.
- SAC Club Guide, Bündner Alpen 1, Tamina and Plessur Mountains , Verlag des SAC, 4th edition 1988, pp. 27 ff, 343.
- Fritz Maron: From mountain farming village to world health resort Arosa , Verlag F. Schuler, Chur 1934, p. 166.
- SAC Club Guide, Bündner Alpen 1, Tamina and Plessur Mountains , Central-Comité des SAC, 2nd edition 1925, p. 328.
- http://www.seilbahn-nostalgie.ch/geschichte.html
- http://coastersandmore.de/rides/tschuggenexpress/tschuggenexpress.shtml
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrea Schorta: How the mountain got its name , Terra Grischuna Verlag, 3rd edition, Chur 1999, p. 1145.
- ↑ Photo of the Tschuggenlift exit area (around 1940) at www.seilbahn-nostalgie.ch
- ↑ Video clip of Tschuggen ski lift (around 1940)
- ↑ Video clip of Tschuggen ski lift (around 1940)
- ↑ Video clip of the Tschuggen ski lift (around 1947)
- ↑ Photo of the opening ride with the Tschuggenlift at www.seilbahn-nostalgie.ch
- ^ Hans Danuser : Arosa - as it was back then (1928-1946). Vol. 3. Self-published by Danuser, Arosa 1999, p. 164.
- ↑ Video clip of the Tschuggen, Carmenna and Weisshorn ski lifts and the Hörnlibahn (around 1968)
- ↑ Video clip about the Innerarosa-Tschuggen chairlift
- ↑ Impressions of the Kulm gondola lift
- ↑ Tschuggen Express video clip
- ↑ Aroser Zeitung of August 28, 2015, p. 10.
- ↑ Bündner Tagblatt of August 25, 2015, p. 28.
