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The Rigi (or Mount Rigi; also known as Queen of the Mountains) is a mountain massif of the Alps, located in Central Switzerland. The whole massif is almost entirely surrounded by the water of three different bodies of water: Lake Lucerne, Lake Zug and Lake Lauerz. The range is in the Schwyzer Alps, and is split between the cantons of Schwyz and Lucerne, although the main summit, named Rigi Kulm, at 1,798 meters above sea level, lies within the canton of Schwyz. The Rigi Kulm Hotel, established in 1816, is located on the summit.[3]

Rigi
Rigi behind Lake Lauerz
Highest point
Peak	Rigi Kulm
Elevation	1,797.5 m (5,897 ft)[1]
Prominence	1,290 m (4,230 ft)[1]
Isolation	13.1 km (8.1 mi)[2]
Coordinates	47°03′24″N 8°29′08″E
Geography
Rigi Location in Switzerland
Country	Switzerland
Cantons	Schwyz and Lucerne
Parent range	Schwyzer Alps
Topo map	Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
Climbing
Easiest route	Train and Cable-car

The Rigi Kulm and other areas, such as the resort of Rigi Kaltbad, are served by Europe's oldest mountain railways, the Rigi Railways. The whole area offers many activities such as skiing or sledging in the winter, and hiking in the summer.

Peaks

Name of peak	Height above sea	Canton
Rigi Kulm	1,797.5 m (5,897 ft)	SZ
Rotstock	1,658 m (5,440 ft)	LU/SZ border
Dosse	1,684 m (5,525 ft)	LU/SZ border
Scheidegg	1,658 m (5,440 ft)	SZ
Vitznauerstock (LU)/Gersauerstock (SZ)	1,452 m (4,764 ft)	LU/SZ border
Rigi Hochflue (Urmiberg)	1,698 m (5,571 ft)	SZ

Etymology

The name Rigi is from Swiss Old High German *rigî "horizontal stratification, strip, band", from OHG rîhan "gird; pleat, string", cf. OHG rîga "row, stripe, furrow", after the horizontal rock ledges and grass strips surrounding the mountain from west to east.[4][5] The name is first recorded in 1350 as Riginun.

The name was interpreted as Regina montium "queen of mountains" by Albrecht von Bonstetten (1479), who however gives Rigena as alternative form.[6]

Bonstetten's interpretation as Regina was influential in the 17th century, and was still repeated in 18th-century travelogues. Karl Zay (Goldau und seine Gegend, 1807) criticized this latinization, arguing for mons rigidus instead. Later in the 19th century, many authors repeated either rigidus or regina as the name's supposed origin. The two possibilities were also adduced as explanation of the name's grammatical gender alternating between masculine and feminine.[7] Brandstetter (Die Rigi, 1914) finally discredited these interpretations and established the origin in Old High German rîga (whence modern German Reihe, Reigen; cognate with English row).

Transport

There are multiple public transport options available to ascend Mount Rigi:

• By rack railway from Arth-Goldau and Vitznau, operated by the Rigi Bahnen. The Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn started operation on May 21, 1871 and was the first mountain railway in Europe. On June 4, 1875 the Arth-Rigi-Bahn was finished, allowing access from the other side of the mountain. They were electrified in 1937 and 1907 respectively, with the Arth-Rigi-Bahn becoming the first electrified standard gauge rack-railway in the world. Both lines go all the way to the summit, Rigi Kulm.
• By gondola lift from Weggis to Rigi-Kaltbad.
• By cable-car from the Kräbel station on the Arth-Rigi-Bahn line to Rigi-Scheidegg.

Recreation

Mount Rigi offers an area for recreation and sports measuring approximately 90 square kilometres (35 sq mi) offering a variety of well-maintained walking trails or mountain hikes where visitors can have a panoramic view of 150 km (93 mi) from various marked points. There are also numerous public grilling stations located near the hiking trails.

Rigi is also a destination for people practising winter sports and other winter recreation activities.

Rigi in culture

Rigi has been featured in many works of art, including both paintings and literary publications. Perhaps the most famous paintings of the Rigi were a series by J. M. W. Turner, including The Blue Rigi, Sunrise, several of which are in the collection of the Tate Britain art gallery in London.[8]

Mark Twain also visited Rigi during his tour of Central Europe in the late 1870s, and wrote about his travels in chapter 28 of his A Tramp Abroad.

There is a Catskills resort called the Rigi Kulm in Abraham Cahan's novel The Rise of David Levinsky (1917).

The Rigi, a downhill road in Wellington, New Zealand, is named for the mountain and for many years was used as a main thoroughfare for coach riders.[9]

On 9 July 1868, during a three-week tour through Switzerland, Gerard Manley Hopkins ascended Rigi-Kulm, the highest peak of the Rigi massif: "From Lucerne by steamer to Küssnacht, thence walk across to Immensee, thence by steamer over lake of Zug to Arth, whence up the Rigi."[10]

Geology

Technically, the Rigi is not a part of the Alps, and belongs instead to the Swiss plateau. It is mostly composed of molasse and other conglomerate, as opposed to the Bündner schist and flysch of the Alps.

Gallery

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  Steam train
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  Station near the summit
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  View from summit
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  Lake Lucerne seen from Rigi
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  View of the alps of central Switzerland from Rigi Kulm.

See also

• List of mountains of the canton of Schwyz
• List of mountains of Switzerland
• List of most isolated mountains of Switzerland
• List of mountains of Switzerland accessible by public transport

References

External links

• Rigi on SummitPost
• Various maps from rigi.ch
• Rigi Kulm

На других языках

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[de] Rigi

Die Rigi, auch der Rigi,[1] ist ein Bergmassiv zwischen dem Vierwaldstättersee, dem Zugersee und dem Lauerzersee in der Zentralschweiz. Höchster Gipfel ist mit einer Höhe von 1797,5 m ü. M. Rigi Kulm, ein beliebtes Ausflugsziel für Touristen. Etwas weniger hoch sind die weiteren Gipfel Rigi Hochflue (gelegentlich Hochfluh, nach Schweizer Landeskarte 1:25'000 Hoflue), Dossen, Rigi Scheidegg und Vitznauerstock (LU) = Gersauerstock (SZ).

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- [en] Rigi

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[es] Rigi

Rigi es una montaña en el centro de Suiza y forma parte de los Alpes suizos. Es conocida como "Queen of the Mountains" o Reina de las Montañas.

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[fr] Rigi

Le Rigi est une montagne suisse située à proximité de Lucerne.

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[it] Rigi

Il Rigi è una montagna al centro della Svizzera facente parte della catena montuosa delle Prealpi Svizzere. È detto anche localmente la "Regina delle Montagne".

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[ru] Риги (горный массив)

Риги (нем. Rigi) — горный массив в центральной Швейцарии, относится к Альпам. Риги расположена между Цугским и Люцернским озёрами, на границе кантонов Люцерн и Швиц. Ближайшие крупные населённые пункты (расположены у подножия горы) — Гольдау и Вицнау. Высота — 1797 м над уровнем моря. На склонах расположено несколько небольших деревень и отдельно стоящих хуторов.

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