Erstfeld, Switzerland

was found on August 20, 1962, in Erstfeld, Canton of URI, located in central Switzerland, by two Italian workers. The sensational find was under a mighty boulder at a depth of about 9 meters – on the south side of the current dam of the Ribital development.

The gold treasure from Erstfeld is considered to be the most important Swiss Celtic find from around 300 BC. Christ. The four-neck rings and three-arm rings are practically new women’s jewelry made of up to 95% pure gold and weigh a total of 640 grams.

The neck and arm rings discovered in Erstfeld are outstanding masterpieces of Celtic handicrafts. There are only a few comparable valuable finds in Europe north of the Alps.

The Gold Treasure from Erstfeld

can be admired as a copy in the Historical Museum URI in Altdorf. The real finds are exhibited in the Swiss National Museum in Zurich.

The gold treasure find is one of the most significant ever made in Switzerland. The masterfully crafted shapes and decorations of enigmatic intertwined creatures – half-animal half-human.

The Discovery

of the Erstfeld Godrings was a sensation. The richly decorated, ornamented jewelry pieces are made of 22-carat gold and are very valuable witnesses to the masterful and fascinating handicrafts of the Celts.

Erstfeld was a border area to the Alps and on the edge of the settlement area of the Celts, who lived in central Switzerland around 300 BC. . Celts made sacrifices to their gods in special places. High mountains – like the Gotthard massif – soared up into the sky to the gods.

Today the gold treasure is interpreted as a dedication to a mountain god. The seven neck bracelets look very similar stylistically and are decorated with very beautiful relief and decorative elements.

Celtic Culture in Switzerland

Ulrich and Nazarine Koepf

Risikofaktoren / Prävention

Zu schwere oder falsch getragene Rucksäcke können zu Muskel- und Gelenkverletzungen führen. Dies kann zu starken Rücken-, Nacken- und Schulterschmerzen sowie zu Haltungsproblemen führen. Diese Richtlinien können Ihrer Familie helfen, Rucksäcke sicher zu verwenden.

Wähle den richtigen Rucksack. Achten Sie auf Folgendes:

1. Breite, gepolsterte Schultergurte. schmale Träger können sich in die Schultern graben. Dies kann Schmerzen verursachen und die Durchblutung einschränken.
2. Zwei Schultergurte. Rucksäcke mit einem Schultergurt, der über den Körper verläuft, können das Gewicht nicht gleichmäßig verteilen.
3. Zurück gepolstert. Ein gepolsterter Rücken schützt vor scharfen Kanten an Gegenständen im Rucksack und erhöht den Komfort.
4. Taillenriemen. Es kann das Gewicht einer schweren Last gleichmäßig verteilen.
5. Leichter Rucksack. Der Rucksack selbst sollte der Ladung nicht viel Gewicht hinzufügen.
6. Rollrucksack. Diese Art von Rucksack ist möglicherweise eine gute Wahl für Schüler, die eine schwere Last tragen müssen. Denken Sie daran, dass Rollrucksäcke nach oben getragen werden mü

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Gehen Sie wie folgt vor, um Verletzungen bei der Verwendung eines Rucksacks zu vermeiden:

Verwenden Sie immer beide Schultergurte. Wenn Sie einen Rucksack über eine Schulter werfen, können Sie die Muskeln belasten.
2. Ziehen Sie die Gurte so fest, dass sich die Packung nahe am Körper befindet. Die Träger sollten die Packung zwei Zoll über Ihrer Taille halten.
3. Licht einpacken. Der Rucksack sollte niemals mehr als 20 Prozent des gesamten Körpergewichts der Person wiegen.
4. Organisieren Sie den Rucksack so, dass alle Fächer genutzt werden. Packen Sie schwerere Gegenstände ein, die der Mitte der Packung am nächsten liegen.
5. Beugen Sie sich mit beiden Knien, wenn Sie sich bücken. Beugen Sie sich nicht in der Taille, wenn Sie einen schweren Rucksack tragen oder anheben.
6. Lernen Sie Übungen zur Stärkung des Rückens, um Muskeln aufzubauen, die zum Tragen eines Rucksacks verwendet werden.

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Last year, 3471 people found themselves in an emergency in the Swiss Alps and had to be rescued.
That is more than ever before. 112 people had fatal accidents while hiking in the mountains, as the Swiss Alpine Club announced on Wednesday, March 10th.
With the relaxation of the Corona measures from mid-March 2020, the activities and thus the emergency and accident numbers increase

Of the 3471 mountaineers. 1172 those in dire straits or decrepit could be rescued in healthy conditions or with minor injuries.

A total of 180 deaths

A total of 180 people lost their lives in the mountains, 47 of them as a result of illness, mostly due to a cardiovascular problem. 21 more people trotting in sports such as delta and paragliding, base jumping, and the use of mountain bikes. In mountaineering, in the narrower sense, where no transport device was used, 112 mountaineers had fatal accidents.

What is striking is the significantly lower proportion of foreign victims compared to previous years. While this proportion was mostly well over 40 percent, it was 27 percent last year with 30 fatal accidents. According to the Swiss Alpine Club, the decrease is largely due to travel restrictions.

A total of 1627 people

were in dire straits while hiking. According to the Swiss Alpine Club, especially in spring and early summer as well as in autumn, it became clear that even simple mountain hiking trails become dangerous when shady sections of the trail are snow-covered or icy.
In 2020 there were particularly many accidents on such sections of the route, six of them fatal.

See the. Swiss Rega website here

as quoted in the Urner Wochenblatt, March 13, 2021

When you google it, it may say that Corippo, in Tessin, the Italian part of Switzerland, is the smallest municipality, however, the village Zumdorf, in the canton of Uri is definitely the smallest with 3 people! It’s so small they forgot about it!

Village of Zumdorf

In 1851 Zumdorf had 50 inhabitants but then was buried by a huge avalanche. Zumdorf is currently (2017) inhabited all year round by a single family consisting of three people and has been officially declared the “smallest village in Switzerland”. The father with his two sons is now running the restaurant, which is visited very frequently by hikers and bikers.

Nostalgic and mysterious

Between Hospental and Realp, in the Central Switzerland Canton of URI, politically part of the municipality of Hospental was once and still is the “smallest village in Switzerland”. Zumdorf is a designated Walser foundation and used to be an independent curate-chaplain with a chapel and school. Badly affected by avalanches, Zumdorf united with Hospental. In March 1851 the hamlet was completely buried by an avalanche, however, it was still able to survive. In 1869 the hamlet still had 13 souls living there. Today there are two temporarily inhabited houses in Zumdorf and the much-visited Restaurant Zum Dörfli, whose host family lives in Zumdorf all year round. But the gem of Zumdorf is the one dedicated to St. Niklaus Baroque Chapel,

St Peters and Paul in Andermatt

It was built in 1720 by the Ursen architect Bartholomäus Schmid and was restored in 1971 professionally and stylishly. This chapel harbors a very special gem: the rosary altar, created by Jodok Ritz in 1728, which is surrounded by 10 round reverse glass pictures that refer to the legend of St. Nicholas and several views of Zumdorf.

Architect Bartholomäus Schmid

Bartholomäus Schmid

belonged to the Schmid family, which can be traced back to Hospental in the 17th century. Bartholomäus was born on August 25, 1660, and was adopted as Talmann von Ursern in 1693. In Bartholomäus Schmid, the country of Uri grew up as its most important Baroque architect. Bartholomäus’ grandfather was already a well-known master builder and built the parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Andermatt, which his grandson later enlarged. It took 200 years until the fifth generation of Schmid, namely Bartholomäus with his father and son, was accepted into the citizenship of the Ursine. Son Johann Sebastian served the valley as a long-time village notary and headed it from 1747-49 as Thalmann. A characteristic feature of Bartholomäus Schmid’s architectural style is the attachment of arched panels, the effect of which is enhanced by pilasters placed in front of them. This blind arch can also be found in the chapel in Zumdorf. Various other buildings by Bartholomäus Schmid, some in the Ursenertal, such as the church and chapel of St. Karl in Hospental, should also be mentioned. Bartholomäus Schmid died in 1738, but his wonderful works are still important.

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On 6 February 2021, across parts of Switzerland, people awoke to a strange yellowish light and brown skies.

The strange light and brown sky are caused by sand from the Sahara desert. It is a well-known meteorological phenomenon that occurs around three times a year in Switzerland, according to SRF Meteo.

Areas currently most affected by it are in western Switzerland and include Geneva, Vaud, Valais, and Fribourg.

According to SRF Meteo, the sand came mainly from the northwest of Africa, a region containing Mauritania, Mali, and Algeria. Most of the sand is floating airborne between 2km and 5km from the ground, according to the weather service. It takes between a week and two days for the dust to travel from the desert to Europe. The largest particles land on the ground while the smallest remain airborne and continue their journey northward.

At the measuring station on the A2 motorway in Erstfeld, where we live, up to 140 micrograms of fine dust per cubic meter were measured. In Altdorf, the next large city, even a peak value of 214. That is about ten to twenty times more than under normal circumstances. But the absolute front runner was the measuring station on amazing Jungfrau Joch. This measuring station is located very high, 11,350 feet above sea level, and therefore measures practically no particulate matter under normal circumstances. On February 6th, however, she was in the middle of a cloud of dust. On Saturday afternoon, fine dust pollution of 768 micrograms per cubic meter was measured!

No health effects to be expected

The health effects of this short but high level of fine dust pollution are likely to be minor. Saharan dust can also act as a fertilizer. Especially in rainforests and partly in oceans it can be observed that nutrients get into the environment through regular input of Saharan dust.

The phenomenon accompanies a warm air weather system known as the Foehn.

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