Meiringen

Dorf · Kanton Bern, 🇨🇭 Schweiz

Bevölkerung 4.621

Fläche 40 km²

Zeitzone Europe/Zurich

Offizielle Website www.meiringen.ch

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Meiringen Essentials

Meiringen is defined by its connection to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and its dramatic Alpine geology. The town hosts the Sherlock Holmes Museum and the Reichenbach Falls, the fictional site of the detective's final confrontation. Nearby, the Aare Gorge and Rosenlaui Glacier Gorge showcase deep limestone carvings and glacial erosion. Regional history is further represented by the Ballenberg Open-Air Museum’s traditional Swiss buildings and the 13th-century Restiturm castle ruins.

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Alpine Landscapes

Meiringen serves as a central gateway to the Bernese Oberland's most dramatic geological features. This collection includes the seven-tiered Reichenbach Falls, famously known as the site of Sherlock Holmes' final confrontation, and the 2,928-meter Schwarzhorn peak. The list also features the Brünig Pass, an essential mountain crossing connecting the Bernese Oberland with Central Switzerland, alongside several panoramic viewpoints such as Tschuggen and Mühlefluh that overlook the Aare valley and surrounding limestone massifs.

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