Monument and history
Vorstadt und Katastrophenbucht
Translation This English text is a draft translation of the German original and has not been reviewed yet.
On 5 July 1887 the lakeshore of the Vorstadt district of Zug collapsed: 35 houses sank into the lake and eleven people died. The resulting bay, about 150 metres long, is now part of the Vorstadt promenade; a memorial stone from 1887 commemorates the disaster.
Facts
- Vorstadt disaster on 5 July 1887
- 35 buildings destroyed, 11 dead, about 650 homeless
- Bay about 150 m long, reaching about 70 m inland
- Memorial stone since 1887
- Zug Bahnhofsteg boat landing stage next door