チューリッヒベルクの天然記念物・トップ6

The stone elephant is a highlight of this tour...

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Wonderful to drive in both directions

Beautiful Bachtobel is fun to drive there, treats the hikers with respect and gives them the right of way 😊

Funny elephant in the water, small format😊

Stöckenbachtobel (Elefantenbachtobel) In the middle of the stream there is an elephant made of concrete that spits water out of its trunk. This was created in 1898: the Elephant Brook was recorded 50 years earlier... Why the Elephant Brook is now called the Elephant Brook is not clear. There are many theories about this, but they often do not seem very credible. There are stories that Hannibal's pet animals had something to do with it or that the zookeepers took their elephants to the stream to drink... The Elephant in the Stream According to legend, the elephant in the Elephant Brook served as Hannibal's war elephant. When it reached this point, it was tired and stopped. It was released from its ordeal and turned into stone.

Not worth seeing, but nice when you have reached the highest point - for me as a non-sports enthusiast this is a success :-)

December 26, 1999, the day when «Lothar» swept across the country, will be remembered 20 years later by most of those who experienced it. Many also remember exactly where they were and how they experienced it. The storm uprooted centuries-old trees, cleared entire forests and destroyed houses. 14 people died. The hurricane moved with wind peaks of up to 272 kilometers per hour from northern France via southern Germany and Switzerland to Austria - more than twice as strong as a storm needs to be classified as a hurricane.