Unterer Hauenstein Pass

Lower Hauenstein

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The Lower Hauenstein is a Swiss Jura pass, Buckten (Canton Basel-Country ) Trimbach with (Canton Solothurn ) on a 10 km long and on average 6- percent uphill road connects. The pass is at 691 m above sea level. M.

Over the pass the main road 2 of Lucerne and Olten leads to Basel. About halfway through, the road leads through Läufelfingen.

History

There is evidence that this approach has already been used by the Romans. If you arrive by Trimbach, can be found on the territory of the municipality of Hauenstein Ifenthal halfway a rock breakdown at the Chäppeliflue. When you punch in 1993 three different carts tracks were discovered from Roman times. Next Roman coins have been excavated below this point, where it could be ancient to pass victims. In addition, the pass is near the former Roman settlement of Augusta Raurica.

Even in the Middle Ages and into modern times, the Hauenstein as North-South route over the Jura was an important trade route, which helped the neighboring cantons to significant revenue. A document of 1206 testified that at that time with a drain wire ( Hengseil ) carts were drained down from the Chäppeliflue to Lindenrain. Gotthard Pass - - Luzern - Basel - With access to the Schöllenenschlucht in the 13th century, the Lower Jurassic Hauenstein an important crossing on the line north of Italy was Southern Germany / Alsace. In the year before the opening of built 1827-1829 Passstrasse used 10,000 wagons a mule track.

The two rail tunnels ( summit tunnel of 1857 and base tunnel from 1912 to 1915 ) of the Hauenstein route pass under the lower Hauenstein. This initially brought a decline in the goods and passenger traffic, which with the advent of car traffic - increased again - even after the opening of the A2 with the Ballon tunnel 1970.

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