Walhalla (Wettingen)
The Walhalla is a small cave on the southern slope of the Lägern in the area of the municipality of Wettingen . It is located in the rough terrain below the Lägernsattels, which stretches between the Wettingerhorn and Burghorn .
location
The municipality's hiking guide does not provide any information on how to get to the cave. Officially, this is justified with the security, as the access is not safe. Apart from an old sign near the parking lot above the Mooshalde, there is no indication of access.
history
Originally there was only a crevice in the rock that was known to hunters and forest workers as early as the 19th century. Sources suggest that the crevice was widened before 1919. In the years after 1919 it was expanded by four young men. An inscription still testifies to this today: " BUILT IN 1920 MARS.MINERVA ACOLUS.VENUS 1931 COLUMBUS ". They also created a forecourt and secured the approach. On April 10, 1921, they named the cave Walhalla . Since 2002 there has been access from above via iron ladders, but the cave is also accessible from below.
photos
Notice board on the cave with the year of construction
Look into the cave
literature
- Rolf Meier and Bruno Meier (eds.): The Lägern - a tightrope walk: landscape and culture of a border mountain . Publisher here + now. 2003. ISBN 3-906419-67-3
- Hiking guide from the community of Wettingen
Web links
- Not just for heroes: Wettinger hikers also came to Walhalla in AZ-online on June 21, 2011
- The Walhalla cave in Lägern, Canton Aargau, CH on www.lochstein.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Not just for heroes: Wettinger hikers also get to Walhalla. Aargauer Zeitung , June 21, 2011, accessed on June 15, 2013 .
- ↑ Information on www.lochstein.de
Coordinates: 47 ° 28 '44.3 " N , 8 ° 21' 7.6" E ; CH1903: six hundred and sixty-eight thousand eight hundred fifty-five / 259090