Churfirsten
Sign in to saveThe Churfirsten is a mountain range in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. They form the natural boundary between the canton's Toggenburg and Sarganserland districts. They are the southernmost range of the Appenzell Alps, separated from the Glarus Alps by the Seez Valley and Lake Walen ().
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- Mountain.name
- Churfirsten (Electors)
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- Aerial image of Churfirsten (view from the southeast).jpg
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- The Churfirsten range as seen from the southeast (in August 2025); from right to left: Tristencholben, Chäserrugg, Hinderrugg, Schibenstoll, Zuestoll, Brisi, Frümsel and Selun
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- 2306
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- Switzerland#Canton of St. Gallen#Alps
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- Location in Switzerland##Location in the Canton of St. Gallen##Location in the Alps
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- Toggenburg, St. Gallen
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- Switzerland
- Mountain.range
- Appenzell Alps
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The Churfirsten is a mountain range in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. They form the natural boundary between the canton's Toggenburg and Sarganserland districts. They are the southernmost range of the Appenzell Alps, separated from the Glarus Alps by the Seez Valley and Lake Walen ().
They consist of a limestone ridge running east to west, with the individual peaks formed by erosion. The ridge is defined much more sharply to the south than to the north, with an almost vertical drop of several hundred meters towards Walenstadtberg and eventually Lake Walen at . The southern slope of the range was significantly formed by the Rhine Glacier during the Würm glaciation.