Harder Kulm

Harder Kulm

The Harder Kulm is the local mountain Interlaken ( Switzerland ) and is located north from the spa and conference resort. He belongs to the Alpine foothills and has a height of 1,322 meters. It is accessed from Interlaken Ost by a funicular.

Location

From the restaurant and observation deck one has a panoramic view of the Jungfrau region. To the west lies the Lake of Thun, in the east of Lake Brienz. To the south the Bödeli, with the municipalities of Interlaken, Bernese Oberland, and mats, as well as the world- famous Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau can be seen.

On the mountain leads the Harder Funicular, a funicular railway, which reached the peak in eight minutes. The railway was opened on 5 May 1908 and modernized in 1966. On a 1435 m long track inclinations to be overcome to 64 %. Unlike many other funiculars, which make their way straight up, the Harder Railway describes almost a quarter circle: She leaves the base station in the north and reached the top station to the west. For many, the mountain station means not an end, but really only the starting point for excursions. During the railway construction of walking paths and expanded with the years.

In such a way you will reach the landmark pavilion Höhbühl Harder woods. The " neat fitting into the landscape building " of the valley and mountain station of the pavilion and the restaurant has prevailed Interlaken homeland security. The building of the valley station has been preserved without any major change in how it was built in the first years after the turn of the century and is one of the listed buildings of Interlaken. Even the former hotel -turned- restaurant in the pavilion style has not changed much architecturally.

Wildlife

In the Interlaken region of Capricorn is omnipresent. Since he is curious and less shy than chamois, it was all too easy with the advent of the handgun for obese prey to the hunter. However, other factors such as disease and enlargement of the high pastures meant that the colony was smaller. Friedrich Michel called for this reason, on February 25, 1913 called a meeting. Unanimous decision was the creation of a wildlife park association, with the priority objective of resettlement of the Alpine ibex. The wildlife park was built very close to the station of the Harder Railway in 1914. 1915 arrived the first breeding pair and 1917/18 the first fawns came in Alpenwildpark to the world. The colony became extraordinarily good and a few years later the first exposure on the Hardergrat. Besides ibex of the Alps Wildlife Park also offers a marmot habitat.

Rockfalls

The chain Harder - Augstmatthorn - Brienz Rothorn consists of chalk and a small part of the Tertiary sediments of the Wildhorn ceiling. Harder On the rock strata are overturned. The younger bottom, the older top, dip southward under the Bödeli. The Chammechlack, a mighty gap, formed by the erosion of a layer of marl and became greater.

On 24 March 1956, a rockfall occurred. At the top of Hardermanndli be huge boulders had dissolved. As was to be read in the newspaper People's Journal, the population of Interlaken and Interlaken was startled by huge rumbling Harder on Saturday evening shortly after 8 clock.

On May 18, 1980 was observed by various residents, and were moving in Äbnitwald and in the area of Ried Earth masses. Walter Gigon suspected that the rock masses superimposed on a layer of clay, which were by the wetness of the snow melt to slide. Rocks and earth began to move.

So that people can sleep peacefully despite the known risk of rock falls, rock fall nets were assembled and filled up levees. Also a monitoring program, an early warning service and specification requirements were created. According to the specifications the rocky areas with questionable stability are periodically checked.

The saga of Hardermanndli

From the vernacular it is said that a loss changing monk high in the Harder Unterseer a child met in the forest collecting wood. He asked after him and chased it along the forest path. Since the persecuted girl jumped out in his anguish over the terrible, sudden rock face and crashed in depth. The monk but was transformed by the heavenly judge earthly misdeeds in stone. He, the Hardermanndli is cursed for thousands of years down to watch the site of his crime.