Adolf Guyer-Zeller - A Railway up the Jungfrau

Adolf Guyer-Zeller - A Railway up the Jungfrau (HM1AAV)

Location: Interlaken, BE 3800 Interlaken District
Country: Switzerland
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N 46° 41.404', E 7° 51.974'

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Adolf Guyer-Zeller - Eine Bahn auf der Jungfrau

Eine Bahn auf der Jungfrau

Die Idee, das Projekt war genial. Adolf Guyer-Zeller hat aller Schwierigkeiten zum Trotz den Start zum Bau der Jungfraubahn geschafft. Auch nach hundert Jahren gilt sie als wichtiges Zugpferd f?r den erfolgreichen Tourismus in der Jungfrau Region.

Adolf Guyer-Seller war ein Man der Tat. Hatte sich der Z?rcher Oberl?nder Unternehmer etwas vorgenommen, so wusste er dieses mit all seiner Kraft umzusetzen. Als ungekr?nter Eisenbahnk?nig der Schweiz fehlte ihm nur noch eine Bahn: Die Bahn auf die Jungfrau. Seine einfache, aber realistische Idee, hatte er sich 1893 bei einem Besuch im M?rren auf ein Blatt aus seinem Taschenkalender skizziert. Inspiriert von dem dampfendem Z?gen der frisch er?ffneten Wengneralpbahn, begann sein Projekt an ihrem Ziel, der kleinen Scheidegg auf 2061 Metern. 1896 griffen die ersten Bauarbeiter zu Pickel, Schauffel und Bohrer. In einem Basislager richteten sich ?ber 300 Ingenieure, Mineure und einfache Arbeiter am Fusse des Eigers ein. In vier Jahren sollte der Gipfel der Jungfrau erreicht sein. Doch dieses stolze Ziel war nie Realit?t. Nach drei Jahren starb Adolf Guyer-Zeller an einer Lungenentz?ndung im Alter von kaum 60 Jahren. Dreizehn weitere Jahre brauchte seine S?hne, um den Tunnelbau bis zum Jungfraujoch anzutreiben. Adolf Guyer-Zeller h?tte sich mit dem Erreichten wohl kaum zufrieden gegeben...

Doch so einfach und schnell wie er sich seine "K?nigin der Bergbahnen" vorgestellt hatte, kam die Jungfraubahn nicht in Fahrt. Technische Nachnse galt es zu len, politische Hindernisse aus dem Weg zu r?umen und die n?tigen Finanzen aufzutreiben.

Das mutige Werk des unerschrocken Pioniers ist zum Erfolgzug f?r den Tourismus in der Jungfrauregion, ja der Schweiz geworden, zum Top of Europe.

A Railway up the Jungfrau

The idea and project were both ingenious. Despite all the problems, Adolf Geyer-Zeller managed to commence construction of the Jungfrau Railroad. And one hundred years latter, this still ranks as the driving force behind successful tourism in the Jungfrau Region.
Adolf Guyer-Zeller was a man of action. Once the businessman from the Zurich Oberland had set his sights on something, he knew how to do his utmost to achieve it. As Switzerland's uncrowned Railway King, he lacked just one thing: a railway up to the Jungfrau. His simple, yet realistic idea came to him whilst on a visit to M?rren in 1893 and he sketched it on a page of his diary. Inspired by the steaming locomotives of the newly opened Wengernalp Railway, his project began at the railway's summit station on Kleine Scheidegg, at 2061 metres altitude.

But the Jungfrau Railway, his "Queen of Mountain Railways" did gather speed as easily and quickly as he had envisaged. There were technical problems to solve, political hurdles to overcome and the necessary finances to raise. The first construction workers took up their drills, picks and shovels in 1896 and over 300 engineers, miners and labourers set up a base camp at the foot of the Eiger. The goal was to reach the Jungfrau summit in 4 years but this ambitious target was never realized. Adolf Guyer-Zeller died of pneumonia 3 years later, at barely 60 years of age. It took his sons another 13 years to push the tunnel up as far as the Jungfraujoch. Adolf Guyer-Zeller would hardly have been satisfied with that achievement.

The bold masterpiece of this courageous pioneer has become the force driving the success of tourism in the Jungfrau Region, indeed even in Switzerland, to the Top of Europe.
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Date Added Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 at 7:44am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)32T E 413307 N 5171347
Decimal Degrees46.69006667, 7.86623333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 46° 41.404', E 7° 51.974'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds46° 41' 24.24" N, 7° 51' 58.44" E
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Area Code(s)843, 864
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1074 Reckweg, Interlaken BE 3800, CH
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