ViaSuworow
Overzicht
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Afstand 15 km
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Duur 4 h 50 min
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Stijging 500 m
Inleiding
Op de Chinzigpas wachten bizarre rotsformaties en het uitzicht op de Voor-Alpen in het Chinzertal en het Hürital. Helaas zagen de troepen van Suworow er niet veel van, omdat ze op een regenachtige dag de pas moesten bedwingen met hun zware veldgeschut.
Beschrijving
The hike into the Muotathal valley begins on the sunny terrace with great views over the Schächental valley, surrounded by magnificent mountain scenery. Hikers must climb about 500 metres to Chinzig Chulm (2,073 metres above sea level). After one and a half hours, you have made it. The summit panorama is also spectacular from the top of the pass, with the Rossstock, Chaiserstock, Hoch Pfaffen and Glärnisch in plain sight.
Suvorov's troops set out towards the Chinzig Pass on 27 September at around five o'clock in the morning under the command of Prince Bagration. Despite insufficient supplies and equipment, they reached the pass, where a small chapel stands, around noon. However, the 22,000 Russians who were led over the pass into the Muotathal saw nothing of the surrounding mountains and the magnificent panoramic views. It was rainy and cold.
After the pass, hikers descend via Chinzertal and Wängi into the Hürlital valley. The latter is reached after about two hours. The path to the Muotathal steepens again here, with a 600-metre descent over a distance of three kilometres.
Despite the poor weather, Suvorov's first troops advanced from the Hürlital towards Muotathal around three o'clock in the afternoon. The unexpected appearance of the strange figures left a lasting impression on the population. The French did not expect the Russians to advance over the Chinzig Pass. They were taken by surprise, leading to roughly one company's capture. Some Frenchmen managed to escape to Schwyz. Village priest Lukas Geisser recalls the events: After the French had been put to flight, two horsemen armed with spears, sabres, and a pistol headed up the hill towards him. Another 30 soldiers soon followed them. The officer leading them came up to him, opened his uniform jacket and showed him the large cross on his chest. In broken German, he said: "We also good Christians, we enemies of the French, you also, we therefore friends."
*Background information and quotations stages 55.1-55.9: Alois Camenzind (1992), Maultiere machen Geschichte oder Suworows Krieg in den Schweizer Alpen im Jahre 1799, Luzern: Verlag Pro Libro Luzern GmbH
De sleutel voor een prettige wandeltocht is onder andere een zorgvuldige planning. Win op voorhand inlichtingen in bij de plaatselijke informatiedienst over de toestand van het traject en de weersomstandigheden. Afhankelijk van het seizoen en de weersomstandigheden kan de route gesloten of onderbroken zijn.
| Vertrek |
Biel-Chinzig
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| Aankomst |
Muotathal
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| Richting |
Eén richting
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| Hoogte (meter boven zeeniveau) |
1200 m boven zeeniveau
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| Stijging |
500 m
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| Daling |
1500 m
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| Afstand |
15 km
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| Duur |
4 h 50 min
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| Duur omgekeerde richting |
5 h 50 min
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| Technische vereisten |
Gemiddeld
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| Vereiste conditie |
Zwaar
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| Geschikt seizoen |
juni - oktober
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| Thema |
Langs het water, Op een Alp
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