이프윌‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪12‬개의 천연기념물

Table and benches with a small fireplace

many animals in the pond

A wonderful local recreation area with beautiful forest and forest paths

At this point there is a sandstone pit, which can be accessed from the back through a tunnel. In the pit there is a fireplace and various wooden chairs made from tree trunks. In the summer a shady place to grill. "You enter the pit through a tunnel that the users once excavated. Mining began in the 16th century. At that time, a lot of millstones were needed, a pit near Oberramsern could no longer meet the demand. This was the decision of the Great Council of Solothurn In 1527 a local miller was commissioned to quarry stone near Ober Bockstein on its land. After a few years, however, the miller gave up, as it turned out that his sandstone was too soft for millstones. In 1777, operations resumed in the Upper Bockstein Bockstein-Grube. Above all stove plates were now made from the sandstone. The last stone carver, the "Grubendurs", lived with his wife, the "Grubenänni" until 1890 on site, where the two had set up makeshift in a cave-like niche, as stated on the information board." Source: web.

The Widi pond is located directly on the edge of the "Tannholz" forest. You can drive around the pond on foot or by bike - and then continue straight into the "Tannholz forest".

In the 16th century, millstones were broken in "Ober Bockstein" for a few years. However, these rather soft sandstones were not particularly suitable as grinding stones. The grounds have not been exploited in the Fogle for centuries. Only in 1977 stones were broken again and from 1847 these beautiful stones were only hewn as stove plates. The last Steinhauser, the "Grubendurs", lived with his wife, the "Grubenänni" until his death in 1890 in the pit, which was poorly furnished.

The Wengimoos is a peat cut landscape (flat moor of national importance) with many small ponds and rich fauna and flora and is under nature protection. It is a relic from the last Ice Age and, as a wetland, forms a remnant of what was once a large moorland in the Limpach Valley. The descendants of Louis Gasser, the owner of the Rapperswil brickworks, sold 4 hectares of land to the Ala and so the area also bears the additional name Louis Gasser Reservat. More details under the link: https://nvm-buchsi.ch/index.php/fotogalerie-und-reportagen/67-2018-05-26-wengimoos

The high, Europe-wide demand for millstones in the 16th century evidently had a major impact on this region. There are some quarries in the area, which were of importance for the economic development. For example, the stone pit in Schnottwil (www.komoot.de/highlight/1096515)