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16-528: The Urner Boden is traversed by the eastern approach road to the Klausen Pass to the west, from the village of Linthal in the canton of Glarus . The Klausen Pass provides the only direct connection to the rest of the municipality of Spiringen and canton of Uri that lie to the west of the pass. The pass road is normally closed between October and May, and during this period the Urner Boden is only accessible from

32-450: A customs office in Bürglen . According to legend, the border between Glarus and Uri was determined in 1315, following prolonged disputes. The two cantons agreed that at first cockcrow, two runners would start from Altdorf and Linthal, respectively, and the border would be where they met. The people of Glarus decided to feed their cock well, so that it might be sympathetic to their cause, while

48-792: A road was built from Altdorf to Unterschächen , and in 1893-99 the road was extended across the pass to Linthal. The building of the road required the demolition of the 1717-built chapel, and the current Bruder-Klaus-Kapelle was built in 1938. An historic hillclimb , almost 14 miles long, known as the Klausenpassrennen. Whitney Straight finished third in the 1934 event. 1922 Nieth (Hispano Suiza) 21m 42s 1923 Rutzler (Steyr) 20m 24.4s 1924 Merz (Mercedes) 18m 48.6s 1925 Masetti (Sunbeam) 17m 28.8s 1927 Rosenberger (Mercedes) 17m 17s 1929 Chiron (Bugatti) 16m 42.4s 1930 Chiron (Bugatti) 16m 24.6s 1932 Caracciola (Alfa-Romeo) 15m 50s 1934 Caracciola (Mercedes) 15m 22.2s (record) In 1993

64-480: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Klausen Pass Klausen Pass (German: Klausenpass ; elevation: 1,948 metres or 6,391 feet) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting Altdorf in the canton of Uri with Linthal in the canton of Glarus . Somewhat unusually, the boundary between the two cantons does not lie at the summit of the pass, but some 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) down

80-405: Is used for agricultural purposes, while 9.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (54.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the 1997 land survey , 5.6% of the total land area was heavily forested, while 2.1% is covered in small trees and shrubbery. Of the agricultural land, 4.3% is used for orchards or vine crops and 31.3%

96-418: Is used for alpine pastures. Of the settled areas, 0.3% is covered with buildings, and 0.5% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.5% is unproductive flowing water (rivers), 40.4% is too rocky for vegetation, and 13.2% is other unproductive land. Unterschächen has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 695. As of 2007 , 1.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over

112-452: Is where the Glarus runner fell dead, exhausted from carrying the runner from Uri. In 1590, a hospital for travellers was built at Urnerboden , with the maintenance of the pass shared between the cantons of Uri and Glarus. In 1625 Glarus transferred their section of the route to a private individual. In 1717, a chapel was built at the summit, probably dedicated to St. Nicholas of Myra . In 1870,

128-406: The tertiary sector , with 15 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table: Unterschächen has an average of 155.5 days of rain per year and on average receives 1,773 mm (69.8 in) of precipitation. The wettest month is August during which time Unterschächen receives an average of 196 mm (7.7 in) of precipitation. During this month there

144-521: The Klausenrennen memorial run took place, and is now held (nominally) every four years for vintage cars. The most recent event was held on 27–29 September 2013. Untersch%C3%A4chen Unterschächen is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland , situated in the upper Schächental . Unterschächen has an area, as of 2006 , of 80.3 km (31.0 sq mi). Of this area, 35.6%

160-485: The east via Linthal, involving a road journey between the two halves of the municipality of some 126 kilometres (78 mi). In summer, PostBus Switzerland operates a bus service which provides several daily return journeys to Linthal and Spiringen. Outside that period, a minibus service called the Urnerboden Sprinter provides three connections a day to Linthal. This Canton of Uri location article

176-556: The high snowfall on the pass. During the open period, a PostBus Switzerland service crosses the pass several times a day, connecting Fluelen station , on the Gotthard railway and Lake Lucerne , with Linthal station , the terminus of the railway line through Glarus. At the top of the pass is a historic chapel, the Bruder-Klaus-Kapelle , whilst 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) to the west side of, and 100 metres (330 ft) below,

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192-455: The last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -6.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000 ) speaks German (99.6%), with Italian being second most common ( 0.3%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.1%). As of 2007 the gender distribution of the population was 52.2% male and 47.8% female. In the 2007 federal election the FDP party received 95.1% of the vote. In Unterschächen about 37% of

208-460: The people of Uri gave theirs nothing to eat at all. The result was that the Glarus cock overslept, while the Uri one, driven by hunger, crowed exceptionally early, and the runner of Uri crossed the entire Urnerboden before the Glarus runner even set out. On the pleading of the Glarus runner, the man of Uri agreed to let him carry him back uphill as far as he could, and the present border between Uri and Glarus

224-472: The population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule ). Unterschächen has an unemployment rate of 0.22%. As of 2005 , there were 138 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 51 businesses involved in this sector. 7 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 66 people are employed in

240-529: The slope towards Linthal, with the summit being in Uri. The Klausen Pass is crossed by a paved road, which has a length, between Altdorf and Linthal, of 46 kilometres (29 mi). The road approaches the summit from Altdorf via the Schächen Valley communities of Bürglen , Spiringen and Unterschächen , and descends to Linthal via the Urnerboden . The road is normally closed between October and May, due to

256-571: The summit is the Hotel Passhohe . As well as being a popular route for cyclists and motorcyclists, the Klausenpass also forms part of the Alpine Pass Route , a long-distance hiking trail across Switzerland. However the hiking trail approaches the pass from both sides using a route different from that of the road. The Klausen Pass was originally a cattle track, which by 1196 was controlled by

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