Published on 7 November 2023

Säntis - 1832 Säntis disaster

From 4 to 9 June 1832, Ludwig Wurstemberger summoned five experts to Bern to take part in the first meeting of the Commission for Topographic Surveys. Among the issues discussed at the meeting, it was decided that Antoine-Josef Buchwalder should link up the existing triangulation network to the Austrian triangulation system. To do this, Buchwalder and his assistant Gobat had to climb the Säntis to measure the necessary angles.