Gedenkstein
Gedenkstein is a memorial in Unterschächen, Uri. Gedenkstein is situated nearby to the mountain saddle Klausen Pass, as well as near the church Bruder-Klaus-Kapelle.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Klausen Pass and Clariden.
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.
Clariden
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Clariden is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, located at an elevation of 3,267 m between the Swiss cantons of Uri and Glarus. While on the north the Clariden overlooks the 1,948 m high Klausen Pass, the south side is covered by large glaciers and firn. Clariden is situated 2½ km south of Gedenkstein.
Glatten
Peak
Photo: Wala, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Glatten is a mountain of the Schwyzer Alps, overlooking the Klausen Pass in the canton of Uri. It is the tripoint between the valleys Bisistal, Schächental and Urner Boden. The summit consists of a large karstic plateau.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Urnerboden.
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 4 km northeast of Gedenkstein.
Gedenkstein
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Unterschächen, Uri, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.86411° or 46° 51′ 51″ northLongitude
8.86437° or 8° 51′ 52″ eastOpen location code
8FRCVV77+JPOpenStreetMap ID
node 2914610690OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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