Chapel of St. James – View of Säntis loop from Jakobsbad
Chapel of St. James – View of Säntis loop from Jakobsbad
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Chapel of St. James – View of Säntis loop from Jakobsbad
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12.0km
750m
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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: August 6, 2026
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Start point
Train Station
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2.83 km
Root Path on the Ascent to Kronberg
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Scheidegg Mountain Inn
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It is not possible to determine exactly when people started travelling to Kronberg for other purposes. It can be assumed that after the discovery of spas outside the country's borders - Gontenbad in the 18th century, Jakobsbad after 1845 - people also hiked in the Kronberg area. There was certainly an increase in tourism after the Urnäsch-Gontenbad route of the "Appenzeller Bahnen" was opened to scheduled traffic on August 16, 1886. However, sources already document the existence of summer restaurants for several years before that.
Later, restaurants were set up on Kronberg but also in Gross Chenner. The following innkeepers are documented in advertisements: On Jakobi 1893, butcher Baumgartner, probably "Kreuz" innkeeper Conrad Baumgartner (1852-1900), in the summer regularly from 1894 and perhaps until 1898 Josef Anton Neff, whose dates of birth and death could not be determined in Gonten. Josef Anton Huber (1872-1931), "Mandlis", as the owner of this Alp, must also have run a restaurant on his property since 1899 or at least had someone run a restaurant there. On June 20, 1906, he had an advertisement in the "Appenzeller Volksfreund" announcing that the "Ruheplatz" inn on his Alp would be closed all summer. Perhaps this is related to the opening of the "Kronberg" inn on the Jakobsalp on July 14, 1906 by Johann Baptist Hersche in Gonten.
We do not know until when the restaurant was open every Saturday and Sunday when the weather was nice. Perhaps until 1917, because on June 13, 1918, the buildings belonging to the canton, the alpine hut and stable, were destroyed by fire and were not rebuilt due to reforestation.
Text / Source: Luftseilbahn Jakobsbad-Kronberg AG, St. Josefstrasse 2 · 9108 Jakobsbad
kronberg.ch/de/unternehmen/geschichte.html
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4.36 km
View of the Surrounding Mountains
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4.59 km
Chapel of St. James
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5.44 km
View of Hoher Kasten
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5.74 km
View of Säntis
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6.13 km
View from the summit of Kronberg
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6.43 km
Steep Ascent to Kronberg
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12.0 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
3.64 km
3.23 km
2.57 km
2.41 km
103 m
Surfaces
4.65 km
2.41 km
2.30 km
1.80 km
773 m
< 100 m
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Kronberg
Very great view of the Säntis and the surrounding area of Appenzell
View:
Very good view of the Säntis and the surrounding area. In good weather conditions you can also see the Black Forest.
Paths:
Paths are easy to walk. In places the path is very rooty, which looks nice but requires a little more concentration.
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In terms of landscape, the railway side can never keep up with the view of the Alpstein from the other side of the …
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