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Landslide Village: Foundation Stone Laid for New Blatten

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Less than four months after the collapse of the Birch glacier, the municipality of Blatten has broken ground on the construction of a new village. The symbolic act took place on the scree covering the old buildings.

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At the end of May the village of Blatten in the Swiss Lötschental was completely destroyed by a mountain fall. Now the reconstruction begins. In 2028 the first inhabitants are to return.

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With a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony, residents of the destroyed Swiss village of Blatten initiated reconstruction.

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After the devastating mountain fall in Blatten, reconstruction begins: with a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony, the inhabitants of the village in Switzerland set a sign for their return.

Less than four months after the collapse of the Birch Glacier, the municipality of Blatten gave a first shovel for the construction of a new village. The symbolic act took place on the shovels that cover the old buildings.

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rts.ch broke the news in on Friday, September 19, 2025.
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