Nature in Switzerland.
14 February 2024
At first glance, the Arve and Rhone rivers have little in common. The source of the Arve is near the village of Le Tour on the French-Swiss border at the Col de Balme, which is part of the Mont Blanc Massif. The Arve in Chamonix The river first flows west and is fed by the … Read more » “The Arve, Rhone, Mont Blanc en Geneva”
25 January 2024
The former monastery of Beinwil and the Benedictine monastery of Mariastein (canton of Solothurn) are as inseparably linked to each other as the river Lüssel is to the Jura mountain range of Passwang with Vogelberg (1204 m) in canton Basel-Landschaft as its highest point. View from the top of the Vogelberg. The source of the … Read more » “Beinwil, Passwang, Mills, Iron, Hohe Winde and Kamms”
4 January 2024
The ViaBerna is a long-distance hiking trail in the Canton of Bern. With its 20 panoramic stages, the ViaBerna runs from Bellelay in the Bernese Jura through the Mittelland to the Susten Pass in the Bernese Oberland. Bellelay Abbey. Photo: TES Lake Thune. Photo: TES The Aare. Photo: TES The Susten Pass. Photo: TES The … Read more » “The ViaBerna”
28 December 2023
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15 December 2023
The Rhine Gorge, also known as Rheinschlucht in German or Ruinaulta in Romansh, is a 400-metre-deep and 13-kilometre-long gorge located in Graubünden. It dates back to the great landslide of Flims, known as the Filmserstein-Bergstürz, which occurred approximately 9,500 years ago. Since 1977, the Rhine Gorge has been listed in the Federal Inventory of Landscapes and Natural Monuments of … Read more » “The Rhine Gorge, the Ruinaulta and the World Water Library”
7 December 2023
During the last ice age, about 11,000 years ago, the Palü glacier of the Pru Valley formed the Cavaglia Plain (Piana di Cavaglia) in Valposchiavo (Italian-speaking part of the canton of Graubünden). The melting of the glacier was accompanied by erosion due to the force of the meltwater, as well as the rocks, sand masses, … Read more » “The Glacier Garden Cavaglia”
20 November 2023
The landscape in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Entlebuch (UNESCO Biosphäre Entlebuch) in the Canton of Lucerne and the Emmental in the Canton of Bern was created in a process spanning over 200 million years. The formation of the Alps, the occurrence of cold and warm periods, the shape of lakes and rivers, and the deposition of rocks and … Read more » “Landscape, Agriculture and Democracy in Entlebuch and Emmental”
13 November 2023
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5 November 2023
The Brissago Islands (Isole di Brissago) in Lake Maggiore near Brissago and Ascona are unique. The roots of the beautiful, exotic botanical garden date back to 1885, when Antoinette (1856-1948) and her husband, the aristocrat Richard Fleming de Saint Léger, purchased the islands. On the largest island, Isola Grande, they built a house on the … Read more » “The Botanical Garden of the Brissago Islands”
4 November 2023
The river Maggia flows into Lake Maggiore between Ascona and Locarno. The River Melezza in the Valley of Centovalli joins the Maggia at Losone, a few kilometres upstream. The river is the namesake of the Maggia district in the Canton of Tessin. Its calm mouth in the lake contrasts sharply with the natural violence a … Read more » “The Valleys Valmaggia, Centovalli and Valle Onsernone”
