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Informationen zu AlpenpässenThe parish church of St Kolumban in Andermatt came into being back in the 11th century, when the chapel, built two centuries before, was extended. Today’s building dates from the 13th century. The church is the most significant Romanesque religious building in the canton of Uri.
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The chapel and subsequent St Kolumban church in Andermatt originates from the time when the Ursern Valley belonged to the domain of the Disentis Benedictine monastery, and was a gift by the monastery to the settlement next to the present-day barracks.
The late Romanesque church has an unrendered façade with natural stone masonry. The church tower slightly leans over. The building remained virtually unchanged from the 17th century onwards. However, its location on the slope meant that construction measures were repeatedly necessary.
St Kolumban was the parish church for the entire Ursern Valley until the new parish church of St Peter and Paul in the village centre of Andermatt was completed in 1606. Subsequently, St Kolumban became the «valley church» – which gave its local part of Andermatt the name «Altkirch» (old church).
Andermatt became interesting for tourists thanks to none other than Goethe, who travelled through Switzerland in the 18th century and raved about the mountain village. The Russian military general Suworow made the region even more famous during the war of 1799 against the French forces of Napoleon. When the connection from G\u00f6schenen to Ticino via the Gotthard was made passable in 1840, the era of stagecoaches began. Today, the Historical Stagecoach reminds of this time as an exclusive way to get to Ticino.<\/p>
The world wars in the 20th century drew the military to Andermatt, where it had stationed a large number of staff until the 1990s. The Sasso San Gottardo Fortress inside the mountain is now open to the public and offers a unique insight into this part of history. In the new millennium, one of the largest tourist projects in Switzerland has been realised in Andermatt - Andermatt Swiss Alps. The Egyptian investor Samih Sawiris is building a new resort next to the existing village centre. 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