Mattertal

The Matter or Nikolaital is one of the southern valleys of the Rhone valley in the Valais, Switzerland. It is the central valleys, situated in the upper area of the Valais Alps (Alpine backbone ridge border with Italy) open to the Valais main valley towards, the middle of the valleys left of the current in the German-speaking Upper Valais (below Goms and Brig). The Matter leads from the Rhone Valley up to Zermatt and the Matterhorn, as well as the glaciated north side of Monte Rosa. It extends over 35 kilometers from Stalden to Gobba di Rollin as a western branch of the Vispertals ( or Western the valleys where ). From the lowest point in Stalden from ( at 800 meters above sea level), where it unites with the eastern Saas Valley ( Saas Fee ), the Nikolaital up to 4,634 meters above sea rises - to the highest point above the valley, the Dufour Peak, the summit of Monte Rosa and the highest peak in Switzerland. Also, just to the left and right of the valley to reach the mountain heights of over 4,500 m with the cathedral in the east and the White Horn in the West. Thus, the valley cuts through the second-highest massifs in the Alps, which also earned him the nickname " deepest valley in the Alps ". Through the valley of the Matter Vispa that flows together with Stalden with the Saas Vispa of the Saas Valley to Vispa and at Visp in the Rotten ( the Rhone ) opens runs.

Munizipalgemeinden

The communities of the valley (from top down - so south to north ) are

  • Tasch ( 1'449 m),
  • Randa ( 1'406 m),
  • St. Niklaus ( 1,120 m),
  • Bern ( 1'619 m) ​​,
  • Embd ( 1,356 m)
  • Stalden (795 m).

The village of Tasch lies on the valley floor, those increased slightly from Zermatt, Randa and St. Niklaus, in Bern and Embd the actual places are high on the mountain side.

Mountaintop to the valley

Pictures

Goats

Old buildings

Folk musicians, Zermatt

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