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Nature and landscape

Lorzentobel mit Tobelbrücken

Baar · 543 m above sea level

Translation This English text is a draft translation of the German original and has not been reviewed yet.

Lorzentobel gorge with its bridges
Photo: MCaviglia, digimen.ch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Photo · CC BY-SA 3.0

In the Lorzentobel gorge between Baar and Menzingen, three bridges from different eras stand side by side: a covered wooden bridge from 1759, the arched viaduct of Ägeri sandstone completed in 1910 and a newer concrete bridge. The Höllgrotten caves and the Wildenburg castle ruin are also in the gorge.

Facts

  • Wooden bridge from 1759, span about 14.5 m
  • Arched viaduct of 1910: 187 m long, piers up to 58 m high
  • Lorze: the main river of the Canton of Zug
  • Part of the BLN landscape «Glaziallandschaft Lorze – Sihl mit Höhronenkette und Schwantenau»

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More information

Coordinates (LV95): 2,684,675 / 1,225,909

Sources and rights

  • Terrain, relief, municipal boundaries, buildings and hiking trails: © swisstopo
  • Playgrounds and family places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License (ODbL); the derived database of places (JSON file to download) is also available under the ODbL.
  • Photos of the places of interest: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence with each photo.
  • Position of the sun after the NOAA formulas; shade values from swissSURFACE3D and swissALTI3D (calculated by the zug-family project).
  • Tips link to Zug Tourismus; only name and location are taken over.