The Planetary path begins on Mount Weissenstein (Canton Solothurn) near the Kurhaus. The approximately one-and-a-half hour hiking trail along the Jurassic Chain from Weissenstein to the Hasenmatt and Stallflue provides information about the solar system, the sun, the nine planets (including Pluto), and thirty-three (of around one hundred and eighty) moons. The Planetary Path represents … Read more » “The Planetary Path Weissenstein”
The health resort (Kurhaus) at the top of Mount Weissenstein (1284 metres) was built in 1827/1828 on the initiative of the physician Johann Baptist Carl Kottmann (1776-1851). Mount Weissenstein (Canton Solothurn ) also became popular with hikers, mountaineering enthusiasts and nature lovers. The nearby mountain Hasenmatt (1445 meters) is the highest top in the canton. The … Read more » “Hotel Weissenstein and the Jura Garden”
Central Europe was covered by a subtropical sea two hundred million years ago. The Jura mountain range was also hundreds of metres below sea level. Limestone was formed during this period. The mountains and soil of the Jura, created about 135 million years ago, have a layer of lime hundreds of metres deep. For many … Read more » “Idyll in the Valley, Panorama on the Mountains”
