Regensberg

Across a small valley from our home is a ridge line, known as Lägern , which is part of the Swiss Jura mountains, with its highest elevation being Burghorn at 859 m.

Near the top of this ridge is the town of Regensberg, considered one of the best preserved medievel towns in Switzerland. It was founded around 1245 by the Barons of Regensberg and portions of the old fortress still remain.

Bob runs up to this town and a bit above it on one of his running loops. Recently we parked in town, wandered around a bit and then hiked along the ridge above it. We have read that the round tower is open for climbing, but it did not appear to be on the day we hiked. However, it was a typical overcast day and so the views would not have been spectacular. There are a number of carefully restored half-timbered homes in the town as well as a Rose Museum (It also did not appear to be open! Probably their busy time is summer tourist season.)

One of the reasons why we were hiking this ridge is that the day we moved to Switzerland we took a walk (to try to ward off some of that jet lag!) and noticed a large tower on the ridge across the valley from us. Bob said, "Okay, now I need to find how to run to that tower." So as he explored different trails, it was always with finding a trail to the top of this ridge in mind. Well, we found it and we learned that this tower is part of the airport's navigational system. What is not very clear unless you click on and enlarge the photo at the left, is that this round part of the tower looks just like a soccer ball!

There were a number of nice panorama views along this ridge line, however with cloudy weather, the view was somewhat limited. This is definitely a hike to redo on a clear day. We hiked as far as Burghorn, and then decide to backtrack to Regensberg and the car. It would be a nice loop hike, with a number of bus/train options once you got down off the ridge if you decided you didn't want to hike any father.

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