St. Niklaus
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St Niklaus as seen from the north side
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Location of St. Niklaus
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| Coordinates: 46°11′N 7°48′E / 46.183°N 7.800°ECoordinates: 46°11′N 7°48′E / 46.183°N 7.800°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Valais | |
| District | Visp | |
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| • Mayor | Gaby Fux-Brantschen | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 89.23 km2 (34.45 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,120 m (3,670 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 2,290 | |
| • Density | 26/km2 (66/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 3924 | |
| SFOS number | 6292 | |
| Surrounded by | Eisten, Embd, Ergisch, Grächen, Oberems, Randa, Saas Balen, Saas Fee | |
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St. Niklaus (French: Saint-Nicolas) is a village and a municipality in the Mattertal, part of the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
St. Niklaus is first mentioned in 1233 as chousun. In 1272 it was mentioned as ecclesia Sancti Nicholai de Chouson, Gebreitun de Gazun, 1388 in villa sti nicolai de chosun, niu a fr Saint-Nicolas.
were the founders of a well-known mountain-guide-dynasty. Josef Marie Lochmatter and Peter Knubel were the first well-informed Matterhorn guides and consequently the pioneers for today's development of tourism in the valley of St. Niklaus and particularly in Zermatt. They had a monopoly on Matterhorn ascents. Moreover, as the first Swiss guide, Peter Knubel climbed a mountain outside the Alps in 1874: the highest European summit, Elbrus in the Caucasus. Alois Pollinger invented the double-rope system of descent with. He used this technique with success at the Ridge of Ferpècle. Josef Imboden was the first Swiss to ascend a 6,000 meter-high (unnamed mountain) in the Himalayas in 1883, where we find the highest mountains in the world.
The fathers trained the sons very early in their expeditions. The initiators of the new school came out of their ranks for the second time, a fact that gave a new input to alpinism and which level was not riched until the thirties. They weren't satisfied to climb a high mountain, but they always chose more and more difficult routes. The three rope teams of St. Niklaus
have made the totality of the possible expeditions in the Alps of this area. They were the first ski-guides and were also pioneers overseas.
The mountain guides of St. Niklaus have effected about 300 first ascents a little bit everywhere in the world. Routes and mountains in Switzerland, France, Norway and Canada bear their names, for example
In 1995 a monument for all guides of St. Niklaus was built. Moreover, in 2000 a museum of the mountain guides was opened in St. Niklaus.
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