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Corina Grünenfelder
Corina Grünenfelder (born 29 December 1975 in Elm, Switzerland) is a Switzerland, Swiss former Alpine skiing, alpine skier who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics. External links * * 1975 births Living people Swiss female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics People from the canton of Glarus 21st-century Swiss sportswomen {{Switzerland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elm, Switzerland
Elm ( rm, ) is a village, and former municipality, in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Elm lies in the valley of the Sernf river, and consists of the village of Elm itself, and the hamlets of Sulzbach, Schwändi, Müsli, Untertal, Vogelsang, Töniberg, Obmoos, Steinibach and Wald. History Elm is first mentioned in 1344 as ''Elme''. The baths at Wichlen were in use since the middle ages and are first mentioned in 1547. They were very popular until they were buried by an avalanche in 1762. Many characteristic wooden structures have survived. In 1799, Russian General Alexander Suvorov and his troops stayed the night in Elm before crossing Panix Pass to Pigniu on their retreat into Austria. By 1861, slate quarrying was taking place. On September 11, 1881, an avalanche caused by excessive quarrying of slate killed 114 and buried 83 structures in the municipality. In 1892, the owner of a spring in Elm that had long been hailed as beneficial w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
