Kaiserilochsee – Glacier Mills Sevelen loop from Sevelen
Kaiserilochsee – Glacier Mills Sevelen loop from Sevelen
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Kaiserilochsee – Glacier Mills Sevelen loop from Sevelen
03:19
9.30km
460m
Hiking
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: July 16, 2026
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Parking
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7 m
Geissbergtobel Gorge (Schluchtenweg Sevelen)
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views of our unique mountain world.
The special climate in the Geissbergtobel, namely cool, humid air, little sunlight, and barren soils, leads to a strict selection among the potential inhabitants.
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5.51 km
Kaiserilochsee
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7.34 km
Just stones...
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8.05 km
Ansa Mill 1755
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Hydropower does the trick
Until about 45 years ago, the Ansa Mill milled corn, rye, and wheat for local farmers in both summer and winter, and also operated a small sawmill. With the help of hydropower, a stately waterwheel, and simple yet sophisticated technology, a hundredweight of grain could be processed in three hours of hard work. Today, modern machines can process the same amount of grain in less than five minutes.
Text / Source: Sevelen Municipal Administration, Hauptstrasse 54, Sevelen
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8.17 km
Saarbach Pools and Wooden Bridge
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8.21 km
Glacier Mills Sevelen
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Or constant dripping wears away the stone
The deep holes (Kolke) in the streambed were formed 15,000 to 20,000 years ago towards the end of the last Ice Age. Glacial meltwater cascaded through crevasses onto the bedrock more than 100 meters below. The loose material (sand and stone fragments) dissolved from the rock and carried along by the water acted as an abrasive that even hard rock could not resist. Over the millennia, this is how the typical rounded outcrops and kettle-like shapes in the terrain developed.
Text / Source: Sevelen Municipal Administration, Hauptstrasse 54, Sevelen
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View of Sevelen Towards Triesenberg
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Sevelen belongs to the Werdenberg district and includes, in addition to the village of Sevelen, the hamlets of Rans/Oberräfis, St. Ulrich, and the Sevelerberg. The place name Sevelen was first mentioned in a document from the Pfäfers Monastery from 1160 as "Sevellin." The name is presumably of Alemannic origin and means something like "by the ponds, by the pools." The village of Rans appears to be significantly older than Sevelen. The name "Rannes" appears in the Churrätian Imperial Urbar as early as 842/43.
Three archaeological sites (Sonnenbühl, Geissberg, and Dachsenboden) are known in the municipality of Sevelen, indicating settlement from 4000 to 1800 BC. In 15 BC, a Roman settlement was established. In 300 AD, our region was conquered by the Romans and incorporated into the Roman province of Raetia (20 AD). Around 300 AD, the province was divided in two, with Sevelen becoming part of "Raetia prima." Around 1255, Bishop Henry of Chur had Herrenberg Castle built on the Storchenbühl in Sevelen; only a remnant of the wall remains today.
In 1803, Napoleon replaced the centralized Helvetic Republic constitution with the Act of Mediation. This marked the birth of the Canton of St. Gallen. The former bailiwick of Werdenberg was incorporated into the Sargans district. It wasn't until 1831, when the Canton of St. Gallen received a new constitution, that the Werdenberg district was created in its current form.
Around 1870, the embroidery industry established itself in Werdenberg. In 1887, the English firm Lindsay, Thompson & Company opened an embroidery shop in Widen. Werdenberg subsequently developed into a true center of the embroidery industry. Growing foreign competition and changes in fashion led to a rapid decline in embroidery after the First World War and high unemployment. With the opening of a branch of the German lamp factory Temde in 1933 and the Sevelen cloth factory in 1936, a total of 80 new jobs were created.
Text / Source: Sevelen Municipal Administration, Hauptstrasse 54, Sevelen
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End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
5.73 km
1.21 km
947 m
830 m
590 m
Surfaces
3.47 km
2.18 km
1.70 km
1.51 km
395 m
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (910 m)
Lowest point (480 m)
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Friday 17 July
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14°C
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Comments
The route leads along various forest paths along the Sevelen gorge path to Oberschaan, past the Kaiseriloch, further up to the Ansaspitz and again along the Sevelen gorge path.
The paths are not really difficult, but required a bit of sure-footedness here and there due to the wet ground... but within normal limits …
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Most of the tour follows the paths of the well-signposted and informative "Sevelen Canyon Trail":
tagblatt.ch/leben/wandertipps/auf-dem-seveler-schluchtenweg-ld.1224506
At the end of the tour I visited the thought-art installation "GedankenBerg" in Sevelen:
gedankenberg.ch
The signposted parking lot at the start is super suitable and free of charge.
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