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The Steinach River's gradient has been used by the town's mills since ancient times. The Mühleggbahn, opened in 1893 as a water-ballast cable car, was later converted first into a cog railway and then into an inclined lift. It covers a distance of 323 meters and overcomes a height difference of approximately 70 meters.

Right on the edge of the old town is this small Mülenen gorge with waterfall, in St Gallen

Instead of taking the train, it is worth taking the path through the "Mülenen Gorge". The path follows the water, which thunders into the depths, and crosses the stream twice.

Hohlenstein

Very few people have a lot of peace

Small bridge over the mill gorge and the waterfall

At the lower end of the valley - according to legend - Saint Gallus is said to have stumbled and fallen on thorns. He saw this as a sign from God and built a hermitage here. The city of St. Gallen grew out of this hermitage. The Collegiate Church of St. Gallen is just north of this narrow basin, where the Steinach is canalised today. The town's mills have been in operation since early times in the valley immediately in front of the former miller's gate in the south of the town. That's where the name comes from. Historically, the name was written without an "h", but both spellings can now be found. Possibly influenced by Müller's spelling, there are also spellings with a double L. Several of the old houses in the gorge still exist, but water wheels are no longer found. The Mülenen Gorge was the city's first industrial district. By the beginning of the 19th century at the latest, further industrialization had to be shifted to St. Georgen above the gorge for reasons of space. This is where the machine factories that are important for St. Gallen embroidery were built. Since the path through the gorge was steep and arduous and still is today, a cable car was built in 1893 with the Mühleggbahn, which leads directly from the monastery to the Müleggweiher pond at the upper end of the gorge. The existing water of the Steinach was ideal for the construction of a water weight cable car. (Source: "Wikipedia")

Picnic place right by the semi-cave and next to the pond where the upper stream comes down as a waterfall.