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Appenzell Innerrhoden

Schwende

Wildkirchli Caves and Chapel

Caves

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Schwende

Wildkirchli Caves and Chapel

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Location: Schwende, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland

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1. Aescher Mountain Inn – Seealpsee loop from Wasserauen

15.0km

06:12

880m

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2. Seealpsee – Aescher Mountain Inn loop from Wasserauen

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06:29

1,010m

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3. Wildkirchli Caves and Chapel – Aescher Mountain Inn loop from Wasserauen

9.78km

04:29

700m

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🇩🇪 Thorsten

August 2, 2020

The Wildkirchli has been particularly attractive for centuries and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Appenzellerland.

The cave chapel was founded in 1621 by the Capuchin Father Philipp Tanner. Pastor Paulus Ulmann erected the hermit house in 1658, where hermits lived until 1853, when the bells rang and the mountaineers led through the caves with torches.

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cello_bello

December 24, 2024

very pretty, very pretty

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Julia Nikolaeva

June 7, 2025

It was a beautiful day and after a walk around Seealpsee we went up to Escher. This is one of the oldest mountain guesthouses in Switzerland. During the walk you will pass through caves where cavemen once lived, animal bones, apparently bears, have been found. Just outside the caves you will see the Wildkirchli (chapel). And when you turn the corner, you will see such a wonderful and impressive view in front of you.

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Location: Schwende, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland

Wildkirchli Caves and Chapel

1. Aescher Mountain Inn – Seealpsee loop from Wasserauen

2. Seealpsee – Aescher Mountain Inn loop from Wasserauen

3. Wildkirchli Caves and Chapel – Aescher Mountain Inn loop from Wasserauen

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