Tujetsch: Leuchtturm Rheinquelle - Oberalp Pass
Tucked between the upper Rhine valley and the Alpine watershed, Oberalp Pass in Tujetsch is a place whose character is shaped by its high-altitude road and rail crossing. At 2,044 metres, the pass links the cantons of Graubünden and Uri, connecting Sedrun with Andermatt. Near the pass stands the Leuchtturm Rheinquelle, a red-and-white lighthouse installed in 2010 as a symbol of the Rhine’s beginnings. The river rises nearby at Lake Toma before starting its long course toward the North Sea. The Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn also crosses Oberalp Pass, making it an important Alpine route for rail and road travel. Tujetsch, on the Graubünden side, is part of Switzerland’s Romansh-speaking region.
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Tujetsch lies along the young Vorderrhein in Switzerland’s Grisons, where a high Alpine valley rises toward the Oberalp Pass. Sedrun, the municipality’s principal settlement, is a stop on the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn route between Disentis and Andermatt, an Alpine rail link that crosses the pass. Above the valley, Lake Toma is traditionally identified as the source of the Rhine, while the Oberalp Pass marks the boundary with canton Uri. Tujetsch belongs to the Surselva, a Romansh-speaking part of Graubünden, where the Sursilvan language remains an important part of local identity. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Tujetsch and the upper Surselva.
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The terrain of Grisons ranges from high Alpine valleys in the south to the broad Rhine valley in the north, shaping Switzerland’s largest and most linguistically diverse canton. The Inn flows through the Engadin, while the Rhine has long connected Chur, the cantonal capital, with the rest of central Europe. Romansh remains a defining regional language alongside German and Italian. The Rhaetian Railway’s Albula and Bernina lines, recognised by UNESCO, cross dramatic mountain country with remarkable engineering. Browse further webcams from the area to trace how this corner of eastern Switzerland links with neighbouring Alpine regions.
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