Time Travel IV From Amsteg to Rorschacherberg

Travel information – Literature – Links

Day one: Day four: Options Literature and links traveling to Amsteg Grimsel Hospiz–Lucerne Vitznau–Rigi Kulm with the steam train, on Sundays in July and August, google: rigi dampf nostalgiefahrten Day one By train To Schwyz Hike Grimsel Hospiz–Gelmersee, 2 h [map 255T] From Arth-Goldau by train to Thalwil and by boat across the lake to Forum Schweizer Geschichte Schwyz: Entstehung Schweiz. Unterwegs By bus Schwyz train station–Schwyz post office By funicular Take Gelmerbahn to Handegg [google: gelmerbahn] Küsnacht­ [3732] vom 12. ins 14. Jahrhundert. Baden 2011 (includes “Geschichten zur Museum Permanent exhibition Entstehung Schweiz at Forum railway ­Gründungsgeschichte” by Georg Kreis). S ­Schweizer Geschichte; google: forum entstehung schweiz On foot Over the suspension bridge (or on the hiking trail) to Romantik Seehotel Sonne **** Sablonier, Roger: Gründungszeit ohne Eidgenossen. Politik und Gesellschaft By bus Schwyz post office–Brunnen See Hotel Handeck, 10 min. Seestrasse 120 (at the boat landing), 8700 Küsnacht, tel. 044 914 18 18, in der Innerschweiz um 1300. Baden 42013. By ship Brunnen SGV–Flüelen SGV [3600], possibly with a stop By bus Handegg Gelmerbahn–Meiringen [31.161] [email protected], www.sonne.ch www.hls.ch > Befreiungstradition, www.hls.ch > Bundesfeier on the Rütli By train Meiringen–Brünig-Hasliberg–Lucerne Hosts: Catherine Julen Grüter and René Grüter

By bus Flüelen Hauptplatz–Amsteg post office [60.401] Tourism, at Zurich main train station, 8001 Zurich, Day two Options tel. 044 215 40 00, [email protected], www.zuerich.com Blumer, Ernst: Landesfusswege. Historische Verkehrswege im Glarnerland. Direct route option By post bus from Grimsel Hospiz directly to Meiringen 21991 (with the Route). By train Via Arth-Goldau to Erstfeld A longer hike: walk around Lake Gelmer, an additional 1 h 45 Day eight: Brägger, Bernhard: Die Klausenrennen. Kompressoren am Berg. Altdorf 21987. By bus Erstfeld train station–Amsteg post office Romantik Hotel Wilden Mann **** Küsnacht ZH–Girenbad Brägger, Bernhard: Mythos Klausen. Race to the clouds. Glarus 2002. Hotel Stern & Post *** Bahnhofstrasse 30, 6003 Lucerne, tel. 041 210 16 66, By boat Küsnacht–Zürich Bürkliplatz www.klausenrennen.com Gotthardstrasse 88, 6474 Amsteg, tel. 041 884 01 01, [email protected], www.wilden-mann.ch Stroll through Enjoy; www.museen-zuerich.ch [email protected], www.stern-post.ch Host: Arno Affolter the city Day three Owners and hosts: Remo Vetter and Rolf Welti Tourismus Information, Zentralstrasse 5, 6003 Lucerne, tel. 041 227 17 17, By train Zurich main station or Zurich Stadelhofen–Oberwinterthur Flückiger-Seiler, Roland: Alpine Hotels zwischen Rhonequelle und Furkapass. [email protected], www.luzern.com [S12]; in Oberwinterthur go forward on track 3/4 through Uri Tourismus, im Tellspielhaus, Schützengasse 11, 6460 Altdorf, Schriften des Stockalper-Archivs. Brig 2008. tel. 041 874 80 00, [email protected], www.uri.info the underpass to the Hegifeld bus stop Kruker, Robert, Verena Meier: Andermatt im Umbruch. Vom Waffenplatz zum Day five: By bus Winterthur Hegifeld–Oberschlatt–Girenbad bei Turbenthal Luxusresort. Zurich 2012. side trip Lucerne–Beromünster [70.680] Day two: Osenbrüggen, Eduard: Wanderstudien aus der Schweiz. Volume one. side trip Amsteg–Nidfurn GL By bus Lucerne train station–Beromünster Flecken (Fläcke = main Option Schaffhausen 1867. street of the old town), direct connections with bus 50 or 52 By bus Amsteg post office–Altdorf UR Kollegium Hike From Oberschlatt via Schwändi to Gyrenbad, 35 min. Osenbrüggen, Eduard: “Das Grimsel-Hospiz”. In: Culturhistorische Bilder (40 min.) every half hour 2 By bus Altdorf UR Kollegium–Klausen Pass summit–Linthal train [map 216T] aus der Schweiz. Leipzig 1867 (about the criminal case surrounding the Spitteler innkeeper Peter Zybach). station [60.409] Hotel Hirschen Gasthof Gyrenbad By train Linthal train station–Nidfurn-Haslen Hirschenplatz 1, 6215 Beromünster, tel. 041 930 40 40, Girenbad, 8488 Turbenthal, tel. 052 385 15 66, Day four [email protected], www.hirschenhotel.ch [email protected], www.gyrenbad.ch Landvogthaus Hosts: Angela and Wilhelm-Josef Heinrichs Finck, Heinz Dieter, Michael T. Ganz: Bourbaki-Panorama. Zurich 2000 Owner and host: Monika Kunz Hauptstrasse 53, 8772 Nidfurn, tel. 055 644 11 49, (also available in French). Verkehrsbüro Beromünster, Estermann-Reisen, Fläcke 19, [email protected], www.landvogthaus.com Tourismus Region Zürcher Oberland, Heinrich Gujerstr. 20, 8494 Bauma, Kreis, Georg: Zeitzeichen für die Ewigkeit. 300 Jahre schweizerische Denk- 6215 Beromünster, tel. 041 930 21 21, [email protected], Owners and hosts: Christian Behring and Armin Trinkl tel. 052 396 50 99, [email protected], www.zürioberland.ch maltopografie. Zurich 2008. www.beromuenster.ch > Tourismus und Kultur Nideracher 1, 8867 , tel. 055 610 21 25, Touristinfo Glarnerland, Day five [email protected], www.glarnerland.ch Day six: Day nine: Girenbad–Rorschacherberg Geschichtsverein Beromünster: Hotel Hirschen Beromünster. Beromünster Lucerne–Vitznau 1998. Day three: Hike Girenbad–Seethalen–Bichelsee (public beach, then village/ By ship Lucerne Bahnhofquai–Lucerne Verkehrshaus/Lido–Vitznau Walser, Robert: Die Schlacht bei Sempach. St. Gallen 1950 (first printed church), 2 h [map 216T] Amsteg–Grimsel Hospiz [3600], if possible with paddlewheel steamer ­Berlin 1908); download: www.gutenberg.org walser sempach By bus Bichelsee post office–Wil [80.735, very short transfer time By bus Amsteg post office–Göschenen About ‘Radio Beromünster’: google: geschichte radios 2008 Hotel Terrasse am See *** to S1] By train Göschenen–Andermatt–Realp Bahnhofstrasse 2 (next to the boat landing), 6354 Vitznau, tel. 041 397 10 33, By train Wil–Staad SG (with the S1 directly or transfer in St. Gallen) Days six and seven By steam train Realp DFB–Furka DFB–Gletsch [615, www.dfb.ch] [email protected], www.hotel-terrasse.ch On foot Follow the train line back to the lower entrance of Owners and hosts: Pia Nussbaumer Scherrer and Roland Scherrer Kälin, Adi: Rigi. Mehr als ein Berg. Baden 2012. By bus Gletsch post office–Pass summit [31.161, Alpine Ticket] the Wartegg Park On foot Grimsel Pass summit–Sidelhornbahn (= mountain station Tourist Information Vitznau, Bahnhofstrasse 1, 6354 Vitznau, Day eight at the foot of the Sidelhorn), 10 min. tel. 041 227 18 10, [email protected], www.wvrt.ch and www.rigi.ch Option Renfer, Christian: Sanierung Gasthof Gyrenbad. Winterthur 1992. By cable car High above the reservoir to Grimsel Hospiz From Girenbad by post bus back to Winterthur and take the train via Wil–St. Gallen to Staad SG [self-operated cable car; google: sidelhornbahn] Day seven: Day nine Historisches Alpinhotel Grimsel Hospiz **** Vitznau–Küsnacht ZH Schloss Wartegg Kobler, Arthur: Das Schloss Wartegg, Geschichte, Bewohner, Gäste. ­Rorschacherberg 2005 (expanded reprint). Grimselstrasse, 3864 Guttannen, tel. 033 982 46 11, Cogwheel train Vitznau–Rigi Kulm [603] Von Blarer Weg 1, 9404 Rorschacherberg, tel. 071 858 62 62, [email protected], www.grimselwelt.ch > Grimselhotels Hike From Rigi Kulm to Klösterli, 1 h 30 (and numerous other [email protected], www.wartegg.ch Host: Mario Bucher hiking­ possibilities) Owners: Mijnssen family, host: Imelda Senn Haslital Tourismus, Bahnhofplatz 12, 3860 Meiringen, tel. 033 972 51 51, Cogwheel train Rigi Klösterli–Arth-Goldau [602] Tourist Information, Hafenbahnhof, Hauptstrasse 56, 9401 Rorschach, [email protected], www.haslital.ch By train Voralpenexpress Arth-Goldau–Rapperswil tel. 071 841 70 34, [email protected], www.tourist-rorschach.ch By ship Rapperswil–Küsnacht [3730]

For general travel tips (schedules, tickets, hiking maps, etc.), see the Appendix, p. 225 ff., as well as cross-references under Literature and links.

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