Valserberg

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Valserberg
Valserberg and Valserhorn mountain ridges: Peiltal on the left, Hinterrhein village on the right with the San Bernardino portal

Valserberg and Valserhorn mountain ridges: Peiltal on the left, Hinterrhein village on the right with the San Bernardino portal

Compass direction north south
Pass height 2503  m above sea level M.
Canton Grisons
Watershed Peiler Bach, Vals Rhine Hinterrhein
Valley locations Vals GR Hinterrhein GR , Nufenen GR
expansion Mule track
Map (Graubünden)
Valserberg (Canton of Graubünden)
Valserberg
Coordinates 734 941  /  157 398 coordinates: 46 ° 33 '15 "  N , 9 ° 11' 54"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and thirty-four thousand nine hundred forty-one  /  157 398
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The Valserberg ( Romansh : Cuolm Val) is a mule pass in Graubünden , Switzerland , which connects the Valsertal with the Rhine Forest. The pass height is 2503  m above sea level. M. .

The pass and hiking trail leads from the Peiltal over the Valserberg to Hinterrhein or Nufenen . It was committed from the Iron Age at the latest (pass path discovery). From the 14th century, German-speaking Walser began to settle the Peil side valley below the Valserberg and later the Valsertal. The farm settlements in the Peiltal that were once inhabited all year round are Wallatsch, Tschifera, Uf der Matta and Abersch Hus .

  • Geissalp Wallatsch

  • Tschifera

  • Chappelihus

  • Chapel of Saint Michael

The pass was of regional importance as a connection between the Hinter- and Vorderrheintal (Glarner cattle export over the Panixerpass etc.). “Zum Hirt” ( 2203  m above sea level ) is the last “Hirmstation” (hirma = to rest) of the Vals muleers on the way to the Valserberg. The Saumpass was the most important import route for wine and salt until the 1850s and was an export route for cattle to the Ticino and northern Italian markets. Before the opening of the road to Ilanz / Glion , Valser went to work over the pass into the Rheinwald. With the road, the valley oriented to the north.

The fourth stage of the historic Walserweg leads from Hinterrhein over the Valserberg through the Peiltal to Vals.

Valserberg lock point

During the Second World War , the Valserberg barrier (army designation no. 1281) was created by Border Brigade 12 to the left and right of the top of the pass and in the middle of the valley flank . The Valserberg forms the continuation of the axis of incidence over the San Bernardino Pass . The 2.5 kilometer long MSB102 military cable car from Peil to the Valserberg was built to supply the troops . Since the first water sources were 200 meters below the pass, the meltwater and rainwater had to be collected in collecting compartments on the pass.

  • Felskaverne Wandfluh - 1 mg, 1 Lmg 7857 ⊙
  • Thälialp rock works -1 mg, 1 Lmg A 7860 ⊙
  • Valserberg infantry bunker left in front - 1 Mg A 7861 ⊙
  • Felsenwerk Valserberg left - 1 Mg - nickname «Eiskeller» A 7862 ⊙
  • Valserberg infantry bunker on the right - 1 Mg A 7863 ⊙
  • Valserberg-West infantry bunker - 1 Mg A 7864 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Räpierbach - 1 mg, 1 Lmg A 7868 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Kirchalp - 1 Mg A 7869 ⊙
  • Artillery observation post Wandfluh A XXXX ⊙
  • Mountain accommodation Valserberg West (30 men) B 2371 ⊙
  • Military cable car MSB 102, mountain station ⊙
  • Water intake W1209 ⊙

literature

Web links

Commons : Peil  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MySwitzerland: Walserweg
  2. ↑ Fortress Oberland: lock 1281 Valserberg GR
  3. ↑ Crestawald Fortress: Lock 1281 Valserberg