Gondel einer Einseilumlaufbahn
4-Personen-Gondel, Nr. 161, der GGM Gondelbahn Grindelwald - Männlichen, von De Giorgi und Maschinenfabrik Habegger
Dating
1977 - 1978Persons
GGM Gondelbahn Grindelwald-Männlichen (Holenstein-Männlichen-Bahn) (1978), Luftseilbahngesellschaft, archivalisch belegt
GGM Gondelbahn Grindelwald-Männlichen (Holenstein-Männlichen-Bahn) (1978), Betreiber/in oder Benutzer/in, archivalisch belegt
Karosseriewerke De Giorgi AG, Carrossier, archivalisch belegt
Karosseriewerke De Giorgi AG, Hersteller/in, archivalisch belegt
Habegger Maschinenfabrik (Seilbahntechnik) (1943 - 1982), Hersteller/in, archivalisch belegt
Description
4-Personen-Gondel, Nr. 161, der Einseilumlaufbahn GGM Gondelbahn Grindelwald - Männlichen, von De Giorgi (Carrossier) und Maschinenfabrik Habegger. Vollautomatische Türöffnung und -schliessung. Skiträger für je zwei Paar Skier an der Türe.Signature / Inscription
Signatur / Beschriftung: Beschriftung: "GGM", "Männlichen", "161"Object type
Object (three-dimensional)Geography
Gebrauchsort: Grindelwald - Holenstein - Männlichen, Berner OberlandMaterial / Technique
MetallDimensions
ca. 160 x 120 x 200 cm ca. 320 kg (mit Gehänge und Klemme)Inventory number
VHS-12998.01Legend
GGM Grindelwald-Männlichen gondola cableway with detachable 4-person cabins
The longest monocable circulating ropeway in Europe
In service from 23 December 1978 to 31 March 2019
The Männlichen was made accessible to skiers in 1954 by means of a conventional reversible aerial cableway from Wengen. Access to the skiing area from Grindelwald, however, wasn’t straightforward and involved taking the Wengernalp cog railway via Kleine Scheidegg. Grindelwald’s ski tourism was therefore focused on the First area. The late 1960s saw the idea of linking Grindelwald village directly to the Männlichen area via aerial ropeway take shape. The distance of over six kilometres meant that the only possible solution was a circulating cableway featuring detachable cabins: only this concept could offer sufficient capacity. The job was entrusted to what was at the time Switzerland’s most successful aerial cableway manufacturer, Habegger Maschinenfabrik AG in Thun. The gondola cableway was divided into two sections (Grindelwald Grund – Holenstein; Holenstein – Männlichen) due to the impossibility of transporting such a long propelling cable (12-plus kilometres). Dividing the cableway also would allow for repeated rides within the ski area or the valley. The GGM attracted worldwide attention: as a flagship installation – the longest circulating monocable ropeway in Europe – it boosted the prestige of both Grindelwald and the Habegger company. Except for renovations to its remote monitoring system, the impressive installation was preserved in its entirety until it was taken out of service on 31 March 2019.