Niederhorn

Low Horn from Northeast seen with Lake Thun and Niesen against

Lower horn of the north before Blüemlisalp in the center and Gspaltenhorn on the horizon left of the transmitting antenna

The Lower Horn is a 1963 meter high summit in the Bernese Oberland and is considered the home mountain of Beatenberg. It is located above Lake Thun and is seen from the west, the first summit of Güggisgrates. The ridge rises to the east of the low horn on 2063 meters in the Burgfeldstand and again at 2061 meters on Gemmenalphorn with the intermediary are still some nameless surveys. At the eastern foot on still about 1700 meters, the conservation area Seefeld is located with the karst terrain of the Seven stallions whose highest peak reaches 1952 meters again.

Location

The Lower Horn is a pre-Alpine peaks, from which the chain of the Bernese Alps can overlook good. In the south and west lies the Lake of Thun, at the northern foot of the Güggisgrates is Justistal where held in September of known Käseteilet. On the opposite northern side of Sigriswilergrat rises.

The first car to the summit of the low horn was opened in 1946. These were a chairlift, which was replaced by a 3 -rope group orbit in 1997. When the current path is the first and only such railway in Switzerland. The train has four groups, each with three cabins, each with a capacity of 17 people. In addition to the valley station of Beatenberg and the top station there is the intermediate station Vorsass halfway.

There is a restaurant with a children 's playground, and above a lookout point with panoramic panel at the top station of the Niederhornbahn. The summit can be reached via several marked trails. In winter, ski trails, snowshoe trails and toboggan runs and a ski lift are available.

Transmission Tower

On the low horn lies a transmitter for FM and TV, which is used as antenna support a free-standing lattice tower. The program Radio SRF radiated 1 ( frequency 93.6 MHz), Radio SRF 2 culture ( 97.2 MHz ) and radio SRF 3 ( 105.8 MHz ), each with an effective radiated power of 4 kW.