Ankehubel – Hällchöpfli – Günsberg

AnkerhubelIf you enter "anke" as a search term on the map at www.schweizmobil.ch, you will get around two dozen hits, from Ankeberg to Ankehubel near Wolfisberg and Ankenhubel above Lungern to Ankestock. It just depends on whether Anken, the Swiss-German term for butter, is spelled with or without an "n" at the end. But what about Anker, Ankerewald and Ankersbode, which can also be found on the national map of Switzerland? Does this have anything to do with someone called Anker? In any case, a ship"s anchor cannot be meant, as the field names are located far away from navigable waters. Perhaps the name is just misspelled and it should be Anke or Anken. In other words, it should have a connection to the dairy product. Like Hubel, which we cross on our hike through the Jura summit of the Oberaargau. And with its rounded shape, where the cows graze all around, it really is reminiscent of a butter hill. The three other peaks also bear their names with good reason: Randflue is a rock face on the edge of the village of Rumisberg, Hällchöpfli is a bright head of Jura limestone and the long Schattenberg casts its shadow over a hidden high valley. But where does the name Bettlerküche (Bättlerchuchi in dialect) come from? A plaque on the legend trail through the Bipperamt explains it on the spot. The one on the Ankehubel tells the terrible secret of the Randflue.(Automatically translated by DeepL)