Schynige Platte
The Schynige Platte is a small mountain ridge and a viewpoint in the Bernese Highlands and belongs to the Schwarzhorn group. The mountain range consists of three peaks: Gumihorn, Tuba, and the closest summit next to the viewpoint, Geiss.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Schynige Platte Railway and Gumihorn.
Schynige Platte Railway
Railway station
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The Schynige Platte Railway is a mountain railway in the Bernese Highlands area of Switzerland, which connects the town of Wilderswil, near Interlaken, with the famous wildflower gardens of the Schynige Platte.
Gumihorn
Peak
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The Gumihorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, the highest point of the Schynige Platte ridge, located at the western end of the Schwarzhorn group. It forms a limestone tower, overlooking the valley of the Lütschine.
Breitlauenen railway station
Railway station
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Breitlauenen is a railway station on the Schynige Platte railway, a rack railway that connects Wilderswil with the Schynige Platte in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wilderswil and Lütschental.
Wilderswil
Village
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Wilderswil is a village and a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Wilderswil belongs to the Small Agglomeration Interlaken with 23,300 inhabitants. Wilderswil is situated 3½ km west of Schynige Platte.
Lütschental
Village
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Lütschental is a village and a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Lütschental is situated 3½ km southeast of Schynige Platte.
Isenfluh
Village
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Isenfluh is a hamlet in Switzerland, north of the road from Wilderswil to Lauterbrunnen. It is first mentioned in 1319 as Ysenfluo and in 1401 people from the Lötschental started to settle in the small hamlet. Isenfluh is situated 4 km south of Schynige Platte.
Schynige Platte
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 2,100 metres
- Description: mountain near Wilderswil in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Gündlischwand, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Schynige Platte” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Schynige Platte”
- Czech: “Schynige Platte”
- Dutch: “Schynige Platte”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ستشينيج پلات”
- German: “Schynige Platte”
- Japanese: “シーニゲプラッテ”
- Korean: “쉬니게 플라테”
- Ladin: “Schynige Platte”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Schynige Platte”
- Spanish: “Schynige Platte”
- Swedish: “Schynige Platte”
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