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The magic at the end of the valley
Engelberg is the first large mountain the low pressures hit on their way from the North Sea, resulting in huge snowfalls. Had he come here in the winter, maybe it was the deep snow that the monk Konrad von Sellenbüren fell in love with when he founded the monastery in the village in 1120. Perhaps he made a snow angel and named the place at the end of the valley Engelberg. The monastery is still today active and you will meet monks on the cobbled streets.
During the second half of the 19th century, the town was established as spa resort, and in the beginning of the 20th century, ski lifts were built and Engelberg placed itself on the map as a ski resort. Traditionally, it has been mainly visited by the Swiss and some Germans, and before ski film producers came here some ten years ago, few Swedes, Britons and Americans had ever heard of the sacred valley.
