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Delve into Oberer Mesmer
The district Oberer Mesmer of in Appenzell Innerrhoden is a subburb in Switzerland about 93 mi east of Bern, the country's capital town.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Appenzell, Haslen, Gamprin, Herisau and Ruggell. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: -3°C / 27 °F
Morning Temperature | -4°C / 25 °F |
Evening Temperature | -5°C / 23 °F |
Night Temperature | -4°C / 25 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 15% |
Air Humidity | 82% |
Air Pressure | 1013 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from North-East |
Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 35% of sky |
General Conditions | Snow |
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
-1°C (29 °F)
-3°C (27 °F)
Light snow, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
2°C (36 °F)
-2°C (29 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Monday, 25th of November 2024
3°C (38 °F)
2°C (36 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Romantik Hotel Säntis
Stump s Alpenrose
Saentis- das Hotel
Sonne
Hirschen Swiss Quality
Toggenburg
Hotel Bären Gonten
Schoenau
Frohe Aussicht
Löwen
Videos from this area
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Altmann (Schaffhauser Kamin) und Säntis (Lisengrat)
Den scheinbar ewig dauernden Herbst 2011 haben wir genutzt um bei schönstem Wetter von Wildhaus den Altmann via Schaffhauser Kamin (Stelle III-) zu besteigen. Anschließend ging es über den...
Altmann Cables, Alpstein, Swiss Alps
Descent of the cables from the summit of the Altmann (7989') to Rotsteinpass (6955') in the Alpstein hiking region of the Swiss Alps of Northeastern Switzerland on Monday, October 4, 2004....
Alpstein 360º View
360 Degree Panorama from the Altmannsattel of Northeast Switzerland's Alpstein, showing the Swiss, Austrian and Liechtenstein Alps.
Conquering Säntis in Switzerland
A 17min. video documentation of our hike at Säntis alp here in Switzerland. It took us 6 hours and 20 mins to reach the top of the mountain. The route that we took was from Ebenalp passing...
Bergtour - Säntis Summit (2.502 m), Schweiz / Appenzeller Alpen - 2013
Meine Tourenberichte: http://wochenendaussteiger.npage.de oder http://wochenendaussteiger.de - Der Säntis ist mit 2'501,9 m ü. M. der höchste Berg im Alpstein (Ostschweiz). Durch die exponierte,...
Gasthaus Aescher I
Swiss hikers/singers a couple beers deep at Gasthaus Aescher in Appenzell, Switzerland.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Unterwasser
Unterwasser is a small village in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is part of the municipality of Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann. It is a relatively small ski resort, and many of its trails are shared with the nearby village of Wildhaus. Unterwasser in English means "underwater" (and may be so translated in automatic translations), but in this context means "between the waters" as two rivers run through the village.
Fälensee
Fälensee (or Fählensee) is a lake in the Alpstein range of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland. At an elevation of 1446 m, the surface area is 0.12 km². It is located in a narrow valley between Hundsteingrat and Roslen-Saxer First.
Sämtisersee
Sämtisersee is a lake in the Alpstein range of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland. At an elevation of 1209 m, the surface area is 0.13 km². It is located below Hoher Kasten not far from Fälensee.
Seealpsee
Seealpsee is a lake in the Alpstein range of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland. At an elevation of 1,143.2 m, the surface area is 13.6 hectares. The lake can be reached by foot from Wasserauen or from Ebenalp. A network of routes around Ebenalp connects Seealpsee with other notable sights in the Appenzell Alps, such as the Wildkirchli and Säntis. The Berggasthaus Forelle am Seealpsee, with a large open air terrace, dominates the western end of the lake.
Gampriner Seele
Gampriner Seele is the only lake in Liechtenstein. It was created by a flood of the Rhine River with enormous erosion in 1927. The lake lies on 435 metres above Sea Level in the village of Bendern–Gamprin. Gampriner Seele is surrounded by a dense deciduous forest which consists of plants such as reeds, hedges and trees. The treasure was put under nature conservation by the government in 1961. After elimination of the trash the water quality stabilized at B grade.
Wildkirchli
Wildkirchli is the name of a system of three caves in the Alpstein massif of Appenzell, Switzerland. They are notable for the traces of paleolithic habitation discovered in 1940 by Emil Bächler (1868–1950), dating to ca. 50,000 to 30,000 BP. Even earlier are remnants of cave bears found in the caves, dating to ca. 90,000 BP. The hermit hut houses a large bear skeleton found in the caves on site. The caves were inhabited by hermits from 1658 to 1853.
Eastern Switzerland
Eastern Switzerland is the common name of the region situated to the north of Glarus Alps, with the cantons of Schaffhausen, Thurgau, St. Gallen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden and Glarus. The north of canton Graubünden (with the city of Chur) is sometime considered to be part of Eastern Switzerland. Eastern Switzerland is also defined as one of the NUTS-2 regions of Switzerland.
Voralpsee
Voralpsee is a lake above Grabs in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Gübsensee
Gübsensee is a reservoir near the city of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Its dams were built between 1898 and 1900, the first hydroelectric reservoir in Switzerland. Kraftwerk Kubel has generated electrical power there since 1900. Gübsensee Ost is a gravity dam with a height of 24 m, Gübsensee West an earthfill dam. The lake's surface area is 0.17 km². Its volume is 1.5 mio m³.
Feuerschaugemeinde
Feuerschaugemeinde is a special-purpose municipality for firefighting, energy and water for the town Appenzell, capital of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. The special-purpose municipality exists because parts of the town Appenzell belong to the districts Appenzell, Schwende and Rüte.
Werdenbergersee
Werdenbergersee is a small lake in Buchs, below the town of Werdenberg, in the municipality of Grabs, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Paxmal
The Paxmal is a peace monument built by Karl Bickel between 1924 and 1949, in Walenstadtberg above Walenstadt, in Switzerland. The left wall is the earthly life: a couple of people in its existence and development, love and procreation. The right wall is devoted to the spiritual life: the beings who are awakened, struggling, and which keep growing. Karl Bickel was a Swiss artist who worked for the Swiss Post as a stamps graphic designer.
Ebenalp
The Ebenalp (1,640 m) is the northernmost summit of the Appenzell Alps. The mountain is a popular hiking destination and has been accessible by cable car from Wasserauen since 1955. Ebenalp attracts up to 200,000 visitors each year. From the high plateau of the cable car station visitors have a panoramic view of the rolling hills of Appenzell. impressive trails start at the station and lead to the a network of mountain huts.
St. John's Abbey in the Thurtal
St. John's Abbey in the Thurtal (German: Kloster St. Johann im Thurtal) was a Benedictine monastery originally established in Alt St. Johann in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, in the mid-12th century. The oldest written record of it is dated October 4, 1152, when Pope Eugene III took the monastery into his protection. The pope confirmed the monastery's possessions and free election of its abbot and Vogt. On October 24, 1178, Pope Alexander III confirmed the abbey's extended possessions.
Churfirsten
Churfirsten is a mountain range in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Depending on the way they are counted, there are seven to thirteen peaks.
Werdenberg (Wahlkreis)
Werdenberg (Wahlkreis) is a constituency in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Wahlkreis was established on June 10, 2001. The Wahlkreis has its name by the municipality Grabs-Werdenberg.
Schwendisee
Schwendisee is a small lake above Wildhaus on the slopes of the Churfirsten, in Toggenburg, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Besides the main lake (Vorderer Schwendisee), there is a smaller lake nearby (Hinterer Schwendisee). Sediment cores from the lakes have been studied and provide a record of the climate of the last 600 years.
Alpstein
The Alpstein are a subgroup of the Appenzell Alps in Switzerland. The Alpstein massif is in Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden and St. Gallen. Despite it being rather low when compared to other Alpine peaks - the highest mountain is the Säntis at 2502 metres - the Alpstein, due to their northern "outpost" position only a short distance from Lake Constance (nearly 30 km) are relatively tall when compared to the surrounding area.
Säntis transmitter
The Säntis transmitter is a 123.5 m (405.3 ft) high transmitting station on the summit of the 2,502 m (8,209 ft) high Säntis mountain in Switzerland. It is operated by Swisscom. The original tower was built in 1955, but due to the extreme weather at such a high altitude, it had to be repeatedly rebuilt. Finally in 1997, a completely new tower has been built which is specifically suited to the icy temperatures.
Meistersrüte
Meistersrüte is part of the district Appenzell Innerrhoden, c.a. 900 metres above sea level. It is a small village consisting of roughly 700 Inhabitants and has its own primary school, bakery, two carpenters, two builders,a furniture carpenter, a small 'bits and bobs' shop, a painter, several restaurants, a train stop (for the Appenzeller Bahnen- Sammelplatz) and an electrician.
Appenzell Castle
Appenzell Castle or Clanx Castle (German: Ruine Clanx or Burg zu Appenzell) is a ruined castle in the Appenzell District of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. It is part of the Swiss heritage site of national significance. The castle is first mentioned in 1219 as in arce Clanx. It was built by the Abbot of St. Gall Ulrich von Sax (1204–20) and his brother, the Abbey-Vogt Heinrich. It was named after the Sax family holding in the Calanca valley.
Sportsplatz Rheinwiese
Sportsplatz Rheinwiese is a football stadium in Schaan, Liechtenstein. It is the home of FC Schaan and has a capacity of 1,500.
Freizeitpark Widau
Freizeitpark Widau is a football stadium in Ruggell, Liechtenstein. It is the home ground of FC Ruggell and has a capacity of 500.
Hohensax castle
Hohensax is a ruined castle in the Sennwald municipality in the Swiss canton St. Gallen. The castle was built around 1200 by the barons of Sax, and was destroyed in 1446. In 1248, the castle passed to Ulrich von Sax, founder of the Sax-Hohensax line of the noble family. The castle was plundered in a feud of 1393, and sold together with the villages of Sax and Gams to the dukes of Austria. In the Old Zürich War, the people of Appenzell captured and slighted the castle in 1446.
Werdenberg Castle
Werdenberg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Grabs of the Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.