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Lotschen Pass
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or Or LOTSCHBERG, an easy glacier pass (8842 ft.) leading from Kandersteg in the Bernese Oberland to the Ldtschen valley in the Valais. It is a very old pass, first mentioned distinctly in 1352, but probably crossed previously by the Valaisans who colonized various parts of the Bernese Oberland. In 1384 and again in 1419 battles were fought on it between the Bernese and the Valaisans, while in 1698 a mule path (of. which traces still exist) was constructed on the Bernese slope, though not continued beyond owing to the fear of the Valaisans that the Bernese would come over and alter their religion. In 1906 the piercing of a tunnel (82 m. long) beneath this pass was begun, starting a little above Kandersteg and ending at Goppenstein near the mouth of the Lotschen valley. Subsidies were granted by both the confederation and the canton of Bern. This pass is to be carefully distinguished from the Ldtschenliicke (10,51 2 ft.), another easy glacier pass which leads from the head of the Lotschen valley to the Great Aletsch glacier. (W. A. B. C.)
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Lotschen Pass'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/lotschen-pass.html. 1910.
