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    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 Göschenen unrest took place on the 27th and 28th of July 1875 in the Swiss municipality of Göschenen in the canton of Uri. During the construction...
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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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    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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    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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    The Swiss National Redoubt (German: Schweizer Reduit; French: Réduit national; Italian: Ridotto nazionale; Romansh: Reduit nazional) is a defensive plan...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    village and church of Wassen, which lie in the centre of the loops. At Göschenen station the train enters the original Gotthard Tunnel (a culmination tunnel...
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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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    map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-23. "Göschenen - Airolo - Bellinzona - Chiasso - Milano" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt...
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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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    Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn to Andermatt & Göschenen...
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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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    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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    Brig. At Andermatt, the line connects with the former Schöllenenbahn to Göschenen on the standard gauge Gotthard Railway of Swiss Federal Railways. Brig...
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    Rail Tunnel in 1882, replacing the pass road, connecting Airolo with Göschenen in the canton of Uri. A 17 km (11 mi) motorway tunnel, the Gotthard Road...
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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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    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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    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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    heading south toward Olten, Sursee, Luzern, Stans, Altdorf, Erstfeld, Göschenen, Airolo, Biasca, Bellinzona, Lugano and reaches Chiasso. It intersects...
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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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  • Thal Untereggen Zuzwil Goldingen Rieden Bernhardzell Erstfeld Flüelen Göschenen Gurtnellen Hospental Isenthal Realp Schattdorf Seedorf Seelisberg Silenen...
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    Olten – Luzern – Arth-Goldau – Schwyz – Brunnen – Flüelen – Erstfeld – Göschenen – Airolo – Ambri-Piotta – Faido – Lavorgo – Bodio TI – Biasca – Castione-Arbedo...
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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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    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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