Saas Grund
Saas-Grund | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Saas-Grund  | |
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| Coordinates: 46°7′N 7°56′E / 46.117°N 7.933°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Valais |
| District | Visp |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Georg Anthamatten |
| Area | |
| • Total | 40.57 km2 (15.66 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,559 m (5,115 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,000 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (64/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 3910 |
| SFOS number | 6291 |
| Surrounded by | Saas Almagell, Saas Balen, Saas Fee, Simplon |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Saas-Grund is a municipality in Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is east of Lenzspitze and Dom.
History
[change | change source]Saas-Grund was first mentioned in the year 1438. Back then, it was called grunderro.[3]
On 3 April 1849, an avalanche hit the village. It destroyed a house that was used as a safe place during bad weather. Nineteen people died.[4]
After this event, people built special rooms under the houses near the hill. These rooms were called Lawinengruft, which means avalanche vault. Each vault was about 5 meters long, 4 meters wide, and 2.5 meters high. They were used as shelters during avalanches.[4]
In 1943, a magazine called Die Alpen, made by the Swiss Alpine Club, said that the vaults were last used in the winter of 1887–1888. At that time, only two vaults were still there. Many families shared one vault. If someone wanted to change the vault, they needed to get permission from all the other owners.[4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ Saas-Grund in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- 1 2 3 Hess, Emil (1943). "Die Lawinengruften von Saas-Grund" [The Avalanche Vaults of Saas-Grund] (in German). Swiss Alpine Club. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
Other websites
[change | change source]
Media related to Saas Grund at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website of Saas-Grund (in German)
- Saas-Grund on Saas-Fee tourism (in English)
- Saas-Grund in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
