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Swiss Reflections
A mountain lake in Gstaad Switzerland. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- A mountain lake in Gstaad Switzerland
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Gstaad
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Gstaad.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Gstaad ( gə-S(H)TAHD, German: ) is a town in the German-speaking section of the Canton of Bern in southwestern Switzerland.
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1992
Work and settlement beneath the snowline
The Gstaad Polo Club was founded in 1992, and the Gstaad Yacht Club in 1998.
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1926
A route reaches Gstaad
Curt Engelhorn (1926–2016), German billionaire, heir of the chemical company BASF Jean Claude Mimran (born 1945) businessman, the majority owner of the hotel Alpina Gstaad Mortimer and Jacqueline Sackler, American heirs of Purdue Pharma makers of the opioid OxyContin.
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Mueller gondola gstaad2
Picture of GMD Müller gondola lift in Rougemont, Switzerland, built in 1984 and dismantled in 2010. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Picture of GMD Müller gondola lift in Rougemont, Switzerland, built in 1984 and dismantled in 2010
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
1905
Winter becomes organised
The construction of the Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line in 1905 and the construction of ski runs (the Ski Club of Saanen open in 1905, followed in 1907 by the Ski Club of Gstaad).
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Gstaad is recorded at 46.475° N, 7.288° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 2,156 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Open ledger · AOD.EU.GSTAAD.V00 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.GSTAAD.V00
Ledger AOD.EU.GSTAAD.V00
Swiss Reflections
A mountain lake in Gstaad Switzerland. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- A mountain lake in Gstaad Switzerland
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
Gstaad now
Gstaad is also known for its ski and cross-country slopes and winter hiking trails.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Swiss Reflections
AOD.EU.GSTAAD.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mueller gondola gstaad2
AOD.EU.GSTAAD.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Gstaad overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.