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Deepest sod well in Switzerland

Deepest sod well in Switzerland

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Deepest sod well in Switzerland

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Location: Regensberg, Dielsdorf, Zurich, Switzerland

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1. Lägernsattel Ridge Trail – Lägerngrat Ridge Trail loop from Regensberg

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2. View from Lägern Hochwacht – Radar Station Lägern loop from Regensberg

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3. Lägerngrat Ridge Trail – View from Lägern Hochwacht loop from Boppelsen

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Matto

September 12, 2020

Heartwells are witnesses of the past, they remind us of how our ancestors had to laboriously fetch water. The sod maker had to build a cylindrical hole vertically down to the groundwater, which was no easy undertaking either.
Here is the 57 m deep, the deepest well in Switzerland.
It was used from 1545 to 1632, after which it was filled in.
In 1960 the fountain was cleaned and illuminated.
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A dug shaft well is referred to as a sod or sod well, the mostly round well shaft of which is sunk down to the groundwater level and mostly lined with dry-layered rubble stones or pebbles. The well needs a lifting device to help lift the water to the surface. There are simple wells, draw wells with a reel, gallows wells or pump wells.
Castle wells are often heart wells.
(Source Wikipedia)

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Müller 😉😉😉😉

May 2, 2021

Old heart well on the wayside. I only found out later that this is said to be the oldest in Switzerland

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Lorenzo 🇮🇹

November 8, 2021

A little piece of history immersed in a traditional country.

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Location: Regensberg, Dielsdorf, Zurich, Switzerland

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Deepest sod well in Switzerland

1. Lägernsattel Ridge Trail – Lägerngrat Ridge Trail loop from Regensberg

2. View from Lägern Hochwacht – Radar Station Lägern loop from Regensberg

3. Lägerngrat Ridge Trail – View from Lägern Hochwacht loop from Boppelsen

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