Fruit Educational Trail Kehrsiten

Best season

March - October

Map of Kehrsiten

1 / 5

View of the Kehrsiten fruit trail and Lake Lucerne
Photo: Kurverein Kehrsiten

2 / 5

Cherry "Barth" is a Spezia Rara variety and was planted in 1998.
Photo: Kurverein Kehrsiten

3 / 5

Chestnut "Massol"
Photo: Kurverein Kehrsiten

4 / 5

Ceramic Sign "Wildmuser Apple" with detailed description
Photo: Kurverein Kehrsiten

5 / 5

The fruit educational trail leads along the hiking trail to Bürgenstock
Photo: Kurverein Kehrsiten

The Fruit educational trail in Kehrsiten leads past 26 traditional fruit varieties. Some of these are ProSpecieRara varieties. These are therefore site-specific crops that are threatened with extinction. The trees are cultivated by Christoph Ulrich and Luzia Zwyssig from the organic farm Hobiel.

Directions

The Fruit educational trail is directly on the hiking trail from the Kehrsiten-Dorf boat station to Bürgenstock. It starts at Seehotel Baumgarten and leads along the Schwandstrasse up to Schwand. The path is freely accessible at all times, guided tours on request.

26 types of fruit

Apples - 12 varieties

Ametyst apple - medium size, very juicy, acidic, aromatic
Ananas Reinette Apple - medium size, firm, juicy, sweet-sour, aromatic, spicy
Bänziger Apfel - juicy, crisp, tartly tart taste
Boskoop apple - strong fruit, sourish, clearly sweeter when ripe
Breitacher Apple - medium sized, leaf round, juicy, sweet
Gravensteiner apple - medium size, firm, sour, spicy
Klara apple - small to medium size, quickly becomes floury, sour
Menznauer Jäger Apple - large, broadly bulging, juicy, sweetish, slightly spicy
Schafnase apple - shape of a sheep nose, juicy, sweet-sour, not very spicy
Tobiässler apple - firm, juicy, strong tartaric taste
Topaz Apple - medium size, juicy, tart, aromatic
Wildmuser apple - small, soft, rather dry, slightly spicy

Plums - 6 varieties

Bärtschis early plums - medium size, oblong, juicy, sour
Bühler early plums - large, oval, juicy, sweet-sour
Bühler plum - medium size, juicy, sweetish, lots of acid
Elena Plum - small to medium size, sweet, aromatic
Fellenberg plum - large, juicy, sweet, very aromatic
Hauszwetschge - medium size, oblong, dark blue, firm, spicy, aromatic

Pears - 4 varieties

Gelbmöstler pear - flat-ball, slightly tart, sweet, spicy
Grünmöstler pear - fruit firm, coarse-grained, sweet-tart, spicy
Swiss water pear - medium size, spherical, juicy, sweet-tart
Tiroler Spitzbirne - medium sized, juicy, somewhat coarse-grained fruit

Chestnuts - 1 variety

Edelkastanie Massol - medium sized, spherical fruit

Cherries - 3 varieties

Magda cherry - flesh soft to medium firm, pleasantly sweet
Rigi cherry - small fruit, sweet, spicy
Schauenburger cherry - medium firm, juicy, sweet-sour, spicy

Educational fruit trail Kehrsiten

3) Fruit educational trail is located directly on the hiking trail from the Kehrsiten-Dorf boat station to Bürgenstock and starts at Seehotel Baumgarten 4) Seehotel Baumgarten (open in summer) 5) School 6) Information board chestnut grove 7) Biohof Hobiel 8) "Ministry of Culture"- Kehrsiten 9) Chapel Maria in Linden 10) Kehrsiten-Dorf boat station 11) Lake dwellings under water / UNESCO World Heritage Site

Good to know

Story of Kehrsiten

Kehrsiten belongs to Stansstad and is idyllically situated on lake lucerne. Remains of a Neolithic pile-dwelling settlement, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, suggest that Kehrsiten was already inhabited 4000 years BC. The place name first appeared in written form as "Chirsitun" in 1218. It is assumed that it originally meant a place with many cherry trees. But other fruit trees such as apples, pears, plums and chestnut trees also have a tradition in Kehrsiten.

How did it all start?

Robi Zwyssig and the Kurverein Kehrsiten had the idea of the fruit educational trail. In 2014 a team went to work. The fruit varieties were documented and photographed. This resulted in a lovingly drawn map. On the back of the folding map there are pictures and descriptions of the different types of fruit. The fruit tree trail has been open to visitors since summer 2015. The tree boards were sponsored by the Kurverein Kehrsiten. It starts at Seehotel Baumgarten and leads along Schwandstrasse up to Bürgenstock. The fruit tree path is freely accessible at all times, guided tours on request.

Arrival

By boat: Boat trip to the Kehrsiten-Dorf or Kehrsiten-Bürgenstock boat station
By Funicular: The Bürgenstock funicular brings you from Bürgenstock Resort down to Kehrsiten-Bürgenstock.
On foot: From Stansstad you can reach Kehrsiten-Dorf in 1h 15 min / 4.2 km