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Eigen, Schwyz
Alpthal is a village and municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Besides the village of Alpthal, the municipality includes the ski resort of Brunni, and settlement of Eigen. History Alpthal is first mentioned in 1018 as ''Albetal''. A branch of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route connected Einsiedeln with Schwyz via Alpthal and the Haggenegg. Winter tourism first came to Alpthal in 1950, with the opening of the cable car from Brunni to the Holzegg. Brunni acquired its first ski lift in 1964, and the Brunni-Haggenegg ski area was commissioned in 1974. Geography The village of Alpthal is located in the upper reaches of the Alptal, the valley of the river Alp upstream from Einsiedeln. Also within the municipality of Alpthal are the popular ski resort of Brunni, higher up the valley, and the settlement of Eigen, down the valley. To the north and beyond Eigen, the Alp flows through the village Trachslau and further through the town of Einsied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwyz District
Schwyz District is a district of the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel .... It is both the largest and most populous of the six districts of the canton of Schwyz, accounting for around half its surface area, and 40% of the population. It has a population of (as of ). The district contains a total of 15 municipalities, of which the town of Schwyz is the capital. References {{Authority control Districts of the canton of Schwyz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alp (river)
The Alp is a river in the Swiss canton of Schwyz and a tributary of the Sihl. It has a length of . The river rises on the northwestern flanks of the Brünnelistock and the northern flanks of the Kleiner and Grosser Mythen mountains near Brunni, and flows in generally northerly direction through the village of Alpthal, the village of Trachslau, the town of Einsiedeln and the village of Biberbrugg Biberbrugg is a village in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Biberbrugg is shared by the municipalities of Einsiedeln in the district of Einsiedeln and Feusisberg in the district of Höfe. History For centuries, the village was a small ha .... At Biberbrugg, the river Biber joins the Alp. Some north of Biberbrugg, at Dreiwässern the Alp flows into the Sihl. The valley between Brunni and Einsiedeln is called Alptal. External links * References Rivers of the canton of Schwyz Sihl Rivers of Switzerland {{Switzerland-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einsiedeln Railway Station
Einsiedeln is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Schwyz and municipality of Einsiedeln. The station is the terminus of the Wädenswil to Einsiedeln railway line, which is owned by the Südostbahn. The station is served by Zurich S-Bahn services S13, to Wädenswil, and S40, to Rapperswil Rapperswil ( Swiss German: or ;Andres Kristol, ''Rapperswil SG (See)'' in: ''Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS, LSG)'', Centre de dia .... References External links * Railway stations in the canton of Schwyz Südostbahn stations Einsiedeln {{switzerland-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PostBus Switzerland
PostAuto Switzerland, PostBus Ltd. (known as in Swiss Standard German (), in Swiss French (), in Swiss Italian (), and in Romansh () is a subsidiary company of the Swiss Post, which provides regional and rural bus services throughout Switzerland, and also in France, Germany, and Liechtenstein. The Swiss PostAuto service evolved as a motorized successor to the stagecoaches that previously carried passengers and mail in Switzerland, with the Swiss postal service providing postbus services carrying both passengers and mail. Although this combination had been self-evident in the past, the needs of each diverged towards the end of the twentieth century, when the conveyance of parcels was progressively separated from public transportation. This split became official with the conversion of PostAuto into a separate subsidiary of the Swiss Post in February 2005. The buses operated by PostAuto are a Swiss icon, with a distinctive yellow livery and three-tone horn. The company uses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aerial Tramway
An aerial tramway, sky tram, cable car, ropeway, aerial tram, telepherique, or seilbahn is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary ropes for support while a third moving rope provides propulsion. With this form of lift, the grip of an aerial tramway cabin is fixed onto the propulsion rope and cannot be decoupled from it during operations. In comparison to gondola lifts, aerial tramways generally provide lower line capacities and higher wait times. Terminology Because of the proliferation of such systems in the Alpine regions of Europe, the French and German names, ''téléphérique'' and ''Seilbahn'', respectively, are often also used in an English language context. ''Cable car'' is the usual term in British English, as in British English the word ''tramway'' generally refers to a railed street tramway while in American English, ''cable car'' may additionally refer to a cable-pulled street tramway with detachable vehicles; e.g., San Francisco's cable cars. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpthal Bahn
Alpthal is a village and municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Besides the village of Alpthal, the municipality includes the ski resort of Brunni, and settlement of Eigen. History Alpthal is first mentioned in 1018 as ''Albetal''. A branch of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route connected Einsiedeln with Schwyz via Alpthal and the Haggenegg. Winter tourism first came to Alpthal in 1950, with the opening of the cable car from Brunni to the Holzegg. Brunni acquired its first ski lift in 1964, and the Brunni-Haggenegg ski area was commissioned in 1974. Geography The village of Alpthal is located in the upper reaches of the Alptal, the valley of the river Alp upstream from Einsiedeln. Also within the municipality of Alpthal are the popular ski resort of Brunni, higher up the valley, and the settlement of Eigen, down the valley. To the north and beyond Eigen, the Alp flows through the village Trachslau and further through the town of Eins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furggelenstock
The Furggelenstock (1,656 m) is a mountain of the Swiss Prealps, located west of Oberiberg in the canton of Schwyz The town of Schwyz (; french: Schwytz; it, Svitto) is the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. The Federal Charter of 1291 or ''Bundesbrief'', the charter that eventually led to the foundation of Switzerland, can be seen at the ' .... It lies on the range surrounding Alpthal. References External linksFurggelenstock on Hikr Mountains of the Alps Mountains of the canton of Schwyz Mountains of Switzerland {{Schwyz-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotenfluh
The Rotenfluh (also spelled ''Rotenflue'') is a mountain in the Swiss Prealps, located east of Schwyz in Central Switzerland. It is part of the range surrounding the valley of Alpthal, culminating at the Gross Mythen. The Rotenfluh is a popular vantage point over the Lake Lucerne region. The mountain is part of a ski area and is easily accessible from Rickenbach near Schwyz by the ''Rotenfluebahn'', a gondola lift. Unlike the previous cable car, which culminated at an elevation of 1,527 metres, the current facility reaches a higher elevation, the upper station being within a few metres from the top. Several restaurants lie in the summit area. See also *List of mountains of Switzerland accessible by public transport This is a list of mountains of Switzerland above 800 metres whose summits are accessible by public transport. This list includes mountains with a topographic prominence of at least 30 metres that have a station above the height of their key col a ... * Nathalie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grosser Mythen
The Grosser Mythen (also ''Grosse Mythe'') is a mountain in the Schwyzer Alps of Central Switzerland. The mountain lies in the canton of Schwyz, to the east of the town of Schwyz, and to the south of the village of Alpthal in the valley of the river Alp. It is accessible from the Holzegg by a hiking trail which is opened during the summer months only. Geologically the Mythen is a penninic Klippe. The name is pronounced miːtən it is in origin the plural referring to the Grosser and Kleiner Mythen collectively, each of which had the name ''Mythe'' (feminine) in the singular. The name is unrelated to the now-homographic German word for "myth"; Weibel (1973) derives it from Latin '' meta'' "cone, pyramid". Until the late 19th century, the name of the mountain was still feminine, ''die Grosse Mythe''; after c. 1870, the masculine gender became increasingly common in written German although dialectically the feminine remains current.Viktor Weibel, 'Namenkunde des Landes Schwy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kleiner Mythen
The Kleiner Mythen is a mountain in the Schwyzer Alps of Central Switzerland. The mountain lies in the canton of Schwyz The canton of Schwyz (german: Kanton Schwyz rm, Chantun Sviz; french: Canton de Schwytz; it, Canton Svitto) is a canton in central Switzerland between the Alps in the south, Lake Lucerne to the west and Lake Zürich in the north, centred on ..., to the east of the town of Schwyz, to the south of the village of Alpthal in the valley of the Alp river, and to the north of the Grosser Mythen. References External links Kleiner Mythern on Hikr Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of the canton of Schwyz One-thousanders of Switzerland {{Schwyz-geo-stub la:Mythen eo:Mythen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
