Chäserrugg (or ''Käserrugg'') is a mountain in Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann municipality,

Toggenburg Toggenburg is a region of Switzerland. It corresponds to the upper valley of the river Thur and that of its main tributary, the Necker. Since 1 January 2003, Toggenburg has been a constituency (''Wahlkreis'') of the canton of St. Gallen ( ...

canton of St. Gallen The canton of St. Gallen, also canton of St Gall (german: link=no, Kanton St. Gallen ; rm, Chantun Son Gagl; french: Canton de Saint-Gall; it, Canton San Gallo), is a canton of Switzerland. The capital is St. Gallen. Located in northeastern ...

, Switzerland, rising to 2,262 m. It is the easternmost of the "seven peaks" of the

Churfirsten Churfürsten is a mountain range in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. They form the natural boundary between the canton's Toggenburg and Sarganserland districts. They are the southernmost range of the Appenzell Alps, separated from the Gl ...

, the other six being, running east to west,

Hinterrugg The Hinterrugg (or Hinderrugg) is the highest peak of the Churfirsten group, located in the Appenzell Alps. It overlooks the town of Walenstadt and the lake in the canton of St. Gallen. The summit is easily accessible via the Chäserrugg cable ...

(2,306 m), Schibenstoll (2,234 m),

Zuestoll The Zuestoll is one of the peaks of the Churfirsten group, located in the Appenzell Alps. It lies between the valley of Toggenburg and Lake Walenstadt in the canton of St. Gallen , neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gos ...

(2,235 m),

Brisi The Brisi is a mountain of the Churfirsten group, located in the Appenzell Alps. It overlooks Lake Walenstadt in the canton of St. Gallen. The summit is easily accessible by trail but via the north side in Toggenburg Toggenburg is a regi ...

(2,279 m),

Frümsel The Frümsel is one of the peaks of the Churfirsten group, located in the Appenzell Alps. It lies between the valley of Toggenburg and Lake Walenstadt in the canton of St. Gallen , neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gos ...

(2,263 m), Selun (2,205 m). In spite of its being counted among the "seven peaks", it has a modest

prominence In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...

of just 14 m, forming part of the ridge ascending to

. Part of Toggenburg's

ski resort A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports. In Europe, most ski resorts are towns or villages in or adjacent to a ski area – a mountainous area with pistes (ski trails) and a ski lift system. In Nort ...

, it is reached from

Unterwasser Unterwasser ( en, Underwater) is a village in the Toggenburg region of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, situated at the confluence of the two streams forming the upper Thur (Switzerland), Thur (known as ''Säntisthur'' and ''Wildhausthur''). ...

(911 m) by

funicular A funicular (, , ) is a type of cable railway system that connects points along a railway track laid on a steep slope. The system is characterized by two counterbalanced carriages (also called cars or trains) permanently attached to opposite e ...

(opened 1934) to ''Iltios'' (1,339 m) and from there by

aerial lift An aerial lift, also known as a cable car or ropeway, is a means of cable transport in which ''cabins'', ''cars'', ''gondolas'', or open chairs are hauled above the ground by means of one or more cables. Aerial lift systems are frequently employe ...

(opened 1972). The mountain's name translates to "cheesemaker's ridge" and is properly the name of the ridge ascending towards it from the north,so indicated (as ''Käserrugg'') on the

Siegfried Map Siegfried is a German-language male given name, composed from the Germanic elements ''sig'' "victory" and ''frithu'' "protection, peace". The German name has the Old Norse cognate ''Sigfriðr, Sigfrøðr'', which gives rise to Swedish ''Sigfrid' ...

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beginning at ''Ruggschöpf'' at about 1,800 m and was only transferred to the "peak" when the "seven Churfirsten" were systematized in the late 19th or early 20th century; in the 19th century, there was also a fashion of etymologizing the name of the Churfirsten range as '' Kurfürsten'' "prince-electors", which occasionally inspired a name variant ''Kaiserruck'' "emperor's back" for Chäserrugg.

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* http://www.chaeserrugg.ch/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaeserrugg Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of the canton of St. Gallen Appenzell Alps