Äsch
Äsch is a hamlet in Unterschächen, Uri. Äsch is situated nearby to the locality Chäsgädmeren, as well as near Hintere Rüti.Places of Interest
Highlights include Klausen Pass and Schächentaler Windgällen.
Klausen Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: FeG, Public domain.
Klausen Pass is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting Altdorf in the canton of Uri with Linthal in the canton of Glarus. Somewhat unusually, the boundary between the two cantons does not lie at the summit of the pass, but some 8 kilometres down the slope towards Linthal, with the summit being in Uri. Klausen Pass is situated 3 km east of Äsch.
Schächentaler Windgällen
Peak
The Schächentaler Windgällen is a mountain massif in the Schwyzer Alps, overlooking Unterschächen in the canton of Uri. The two named peaks are Höch Windgällen and Läged Windgällen. Schächentaler Windgällen is situated 3 km northwest of Äsch.
Chammliberg
Peak
Photo: Böhringer, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Chammliberg is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, located south of the Klausen Pass in the canton of Uri. While the south side of the mountain is covered by the large Hüfi Glacier, the north-west side consists of an 800 metre high face. Chammliberg is situated 4 km southeast of Äsch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spiringen and Urnerboden.
Spiringen
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Spiringen is a village and a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. The municipality comprises two disjoint areas, separated by the municipality of Unterschächen and the Klausen Pass. Spiringen is situated 7 km west of Äsch.
Urnerboden
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Urnerboden is a village in the high valley of Urner Boden, and also an alp and a small high Alpine permanent settlement in the Swiss canton of Uri. Urnerboden is situated 7 km northeast of Äsch.
Äsch
- Type: Hamlet
- Also known as: “Aesch”
- Category: locality
- Location: Unterschächen, Uri, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.86488° or 46° 51′ 54″ northLongitude
8.81597° or 8° 48′ 58″ eastOpen location code
8FRCVR78+X9OpenStreetMap ID
node 272487823OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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