Winklen
Winklen is a locality in Frutigen, Canton of Bern and has an elevation of 823 metres. Winklen is situated nearby to the locality Im Gsang, as well as near Tafelen.Places of Interest
Highlights include Frutigen railway station and St. Mauritius Frutigen.
Frutigen railway station
Railway station
Frutigen is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Bern and municipality of Frutigen. The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, and is the junction point where the routes via the older Lötschberg tunnel and the more recent Lötschberg base tunnel diverge.
St. Mauritius Frutigen
Church
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
St. Mauritius Frutigen is a church.
Tropenhaus Frutigen
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The Tropenhaus in Frutigen, Switzerland, is a commercial project using geothermal energy from hot water flowing out of the Lötschberg base tunnel for the production of sturgeon meat, and caviar and formerly exotic fruit in a tropical greenhouse in the Swiss alps.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mülenen and Aeschiried.
Mülenen
Village
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Mülenen is a village in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district of the Swiss canton of Bern. The village is divided between the municipalities of Reichenbach im Kandertal and Aeschi bei Spiez. Mülenen station, on the Lötschberg railway line, and… Mülenen is situated 5 km northeast of Winklen.
Aeschiried
Neighborhood
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Aeschiried is a neighborhood, which is situated 7 km northeast of Winklen.
Wimmis
Village
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Wimmis is a municipality in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Wimmis is situated 8 km north of Winklen.
Winklen
Latitude
46.60226° or 46° 36′ 8″ northLongitude
7.65277° or 7° 39′ 10″ eastElevation
823 metres (2,700 feet)Open location code
8FR9JM23+W4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1672073889OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
2657971
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- German: “Winklen”
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