Landschaftspark Binntal
Field name path
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Field names were passed down orally from generation to generation. These are common names that are often only known within a village.
Theme trail
Time required: 2 hours 25 minutesLength: 8.13km
The Twingi Experience: History
Nature experienceOffer for groups
Landschaftspark Binntal - The road through the Twingi is one of the historically important traffic routes in Switzerland. On a gentle walk we discover witnesses of former road construction and learn exciting stories about trading with Italy.
The Twingi is one of the most impressive natural sites in the Binntal Nature Park, where every year artists, with their work, conduct a dialogue between nature and art. The road through the gorge with its small walls, natural tunnels and drainage systems is a well-preserved example of early road construction. It was therefore included in the Inventory of Historic Transport Routes in Switzerland IVS and restored as part of a Nature Park project.
A bus drove through the Twingi to Binn for the first time in 1938. Before that, the inner Binntal was only accessible via a narrow, vertiginous mule track. In winter, however, the Twingi Gorge remained impassable even after the road was built and the Binn Valley was cut off from the outside world.
For centuries, the Twingi Gorge was the most difficult passage on the way from Goms to Domodosossola. Traders, smugglers, soldiers and pilgrims went over the Albrun Pass.
Details
Date/Period
June, July, August, September, OctoberNumber of persons for group-offers
Number of participants min. 6Number of participants max. 15
Accomodation-possibilities
Business is partner of the park
Hotel Ofenhorn
Ackerstrasse 1
3996 Binn
T +41 27 971 45 45
www.ofenhorn.ch
Gasthaus Heiligkreuz
Simone Scheidegger und Dominic Riem
Heiligkreuz 13
3996 Binn
T +41 79 288 45 77
www.gasthaus-heiligkreuz.ch/
Arrival by public transport
Steinmatten Timetable SBBSuitable for
The offer is suitable for
- Groups
The offer has been particularly developed for
- Association/Companies
Routes in the vicinity
Date/Period
June, July, August, September, OctoberContact
Geschäftsstelle Landschaftspark BinntalDorfstrasse 31
3996 Binn
T +41 27 971 50 50
www.landschaftspark-binntal.ch