Vispertal

Vispertal (Vallée de Viège)
View out of the valley to the Vispertal, opposite the Bernese Alps with the striking Bietschhorn (left). Group of houses to the left of the northern part of Stalden . Center of Ackersand, house on the right Staldenried
location	Canton of Valais
Waters	Vispa
Mountains	Valais Alps
Geographical location	633 962  /  124000 coordinates: 46 ° 16 '0 "  N , 7 ° 52' 45"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and thirty-three thousand nine hundred and sixty-two  /  124000
Topo map	National map of Switzerland 1: 25,000 (LK25), sheet 1288, rarity
Type	U valley
height	645 to  2876  m above sea level M.
length	7.5 km
climate	Arable sand is the driest place in Switzerland
flora	Highest vineyard north of the main Alpine ridge
use	Winter and summer tourism, agriculture and alpine farming , hydropower
particularities	Branches out at Stalden into the Mattertal and Saas Valley

The Vispertal is a 7.5 kilometer long side valley of the Swiss Rhone Valley . Together with the Mattertal and the Saas Valley, the Vispertal is referred to as the Vispertäler .

geography

The Nikolaital ( Mattertal ), the Saas Valley and the Vispertal on a map in the Baedeker travel guide from 1905.

The Vispertal begins at the confluence of the Mattertal and Saas Valley near Stalden and ends at Visp . The valley is traversed by the Vispa , a tributary of the Rotten or the Rhone, which forms at Stalden through the confluence of the Mattervispa and the Saaservispa .

Municipalities

The communities of the valley (from the top down - so south to north) are

• Staldenried ,
• Stalls ,
• Törbel ,
• Visperterminen ,
• Zeneggen and
• Visp .

The centers of Stalden ( 795  m ), Törbel ( 1502  m ) and Zeneggen ( 1370  m ) are on the left flank of the Vispertal, Staldenried ( 1052  m ) and Visperterminen ( 1378  m ) on the right flank and Visp ( 658  m ) on Valley floor.

photos

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  Visp in the plain of the Rhone Valley, in the background the Vispertal.

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  View out of the valley to the north of the Vispertal, opposite the Bernese Alps . Group of houses on the left, northern part of Stalden , Ackersand in the middle and Staldenried on the right .

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  Törbel above the Vispertal (right) and the Mattertal (left)

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  Saas and Vispertal.

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  View from the Matterhorn to Mattertal (left) with Mischabel on the east side, Monte Rosa (center) and Valtournenche (right).

Web links

Commons : Vispertal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Panoramic view of March / Violenhorn ( 2876  m )
• Faces of Switzerland: the Vispertäler (a geographical picture presentation)
• Vispertal round trip
• Vispertal on the ETHorama platform

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mattertal - Saastal - Vispertal on vs-wallis.ch