Caspar Badrutt some Englishmen adapted a type of delivery sled for daring dashes down twisting narrow streets of St. Moritz. Subsequently, other tourists wanted a Victorian ride, and larger steerable devices were contrived: the early luge/skeleton individual sleds, and the bobsleigh (or bobsled). Careening around the town's streets became increasingly popular, but the incidence and frequency of pedestrian collisions and risk to life grew proportionately. Therefore, Badrutt stepped in and created the first purpose-built half-pipe track, now familiar from the Winter Olympic Games. This track later became the model for the Cresta Run skeleton racing track, built in 1884. Caspar Badrutt Swiss
St. Moritz, Halle by Valentin Silbermann in 1604. The present was built by Sauer Orgelbau in 1925 and inaugurated by Thomaskantor Günther Ramin. St. Moritz, Halle St. Moritz, also St. Mauritius, is a church in Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, dedicated to St. Maurice. The late-Gothic hall church was built as an Augustine "Stiftskirche" from 1388. It features late-Gothic stone sculptures and a notable organ from 1925. The church was built on the site of an earlier Romanesque church from 1388, dedicated to St. Maurice. The eastern part was built first, while the earlier church was still in place. The first builder was ,