modern spelling Göschenen first in 1620. Geschenen auch Gestinen, Göschenen, Gestilen in Leu, Lexikon (1754) 8, p. 473. Gestinen oder Göschenen Ebel, Anleitung...
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forms the summit of the Gotthard Railway in Switzerland. It connects Göschenen with Airolo and was the first tunnel through the Saint-Gotthard Massif...
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The Gotthard Road Tunnel in Switzerland runs from Göschenen in the canton of Uri at its northern portal, to Airolo in Ticino to the south, and is 16.9...
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from Biasca to Göschenen. What was tapped out on the third telegraph, reached only the railway stations Bellinzona, Faido, Airolo, Göschenen, Wassen and...
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Göschenen railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Uri and municipality of Göschenen. Situated on the original line of the Gotthard...
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National Redoubt (Switzerland) (section Göschenen)
The Swiss National Redoubt (German: Schweizer Reduit; French: Réduit national; Italian: Ridotto nazionale; Romansh: Reduit nazional) is a defensive plan...
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in Göschenen. Robert Schedler published a historical novel surrounding the construction of the Schöllenen bridle path, Der Schmied von Göschenen, in...
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In addition to the National Road 2, crossing the pass and connecting Göschenen with Airolo, several tunnels provide access through the massif. The first...
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Andermatt, a branch line (the formerly independent Schöllenenbahn) extends to Göschenen, at the northern end of the Gotthard Rail Tunnel. The network is an adhesion...
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through the steeply descending Schöllenen Gorge (or the Schöllenen) to Göschenen and further down the Reuss Valley to the north. It then flows, near Altdorf...
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1882; 199 men died in the process. Running between the Swiss villages of Göschenen and Airolo, it was the first modern railway link between northern and...
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memorial [de] to Russia's final Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov near Göschenen in central Switzerland, was erected 99 years after his death by the Russian...
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world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32 km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo. 1981 – The first women arrive at what becomes Greenham Common...
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Schöllenen Gorge and under the legendary Devil's Bridge (1,120 m). At Göschenen (1,057 m) it is joined by the Göschenerreuss, sourced by the glaciers...
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based on the account of M. Stockalper, the engineer in chief of the Göschenen section of the tunnel, who accompanied Favre on his fatal subterranean...
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transport on trains through the railway tunnel began. The road between Göschenen and Airolo over the summit of the pass, comporting notably the Schöllenen...
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The Salbitschijen is a mountain in the Urner Alps, overlooking Göschenen in the Swiss canton of Uri. It lies at the southern extremity of the range of...
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Gotthard Road Tunnel (16.9 km (10.5 mi) long) connecting the A2 motorway in Göschenen on the north side with Airolo on the south side, exactly like the railway...
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del San Gottardo (main road) Alps Switzerland pass Airolo, Ticino and Göschenen, Canton of Uri 46°33′33″N 8°33′41″E / 46.559167°N 8.561389°E / 46.559167;...
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it climbs a height of 300 meters in 24 hairpin bends. The road between Göschenen and Airolo was built between 1827 and 1832 on the design of the engineer...
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Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn to Andermatt & Göschenen...
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Dammastock. Politically, the Dammastock is split between the municipalities of Göschenen (Uri) and Obergoms (Valais). The massif is almost completely covered by...
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Göscheneralpsee is a reservoir in the municipality of Göschenen, Canton of Uri, Switzerland. The volume of the reservoir is 76 million cubic metres (62...
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heading south toward Olten, Sursee, Luzern, Stans, Altdorf, Erstfeld, Göschenen, Airolo, Biasca, Bellinzona, Lugano and reaches Chiasso. It intersects...
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Nätschen (section Lift from Göschenen)
6-man chairlift. There are plans to construct a gondola running from Göschenen to the top of Naetschen. This will allow for quicker, easier access from...
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never realized; instead, Göscheneralpsee reservoir was built in the upper Göschenen Valley in 1960. The project was proposed in 1941, after a first project...
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Rorspitzli is a mountain of the Urner Alps, located west of Wassen and Göschenen in the canton of Uri. It lies on the range east of the Sustenjoch, culminating...
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is also a short branch line, the Schöllenenbahn, between Andermatt and Göschenen, at the northern end of the standard gauge Gotthard Rail Tunnel. Since...
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map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-23. "Göschenen - Airolo - Bellinzona - Chiasso - Milano" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt...
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Salmsach Schlatt Stettfurt Sulgen Uttwil Eschikofen Kradolf Erstfeld Flüelen Göschenen Gurtnellen Hospental Isenthal Realp Schattdorf Seedorf Seelisberg Silenen...
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