Winklen

Winklen is a locality in , and has an elevation of 823 metres. Winklen is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Frutigen railway station and St. Mauritius Frutigen.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
Frutigen is a railway station in the and . 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.

The Tropenhaus in , 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.

Village
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the of the . The village is divided between the municipalities of and . , on the Lötschberg railway line, and… is situated 5 km northeast of Winklen.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood, which is situated 7 km northeast of Winklen.

Village
is a municipality in the in the canton of Bern in . is situated 8 km north of Winklen.

Winklen

Latitude
46.60226° or 46° 36′ 8″ north
Longitude
7.65277° or 7° 39′ 10″ east
Elevation
823 metres (2,700 feet)
Open location code
8FR9JM23+W4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1672073889
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
2657971
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