Brünig Pass
The Brünig Pass, at an altitude of 1,008 m, connects the Bernese Oberland and central Switzerland, linking Meiringen in the canton of Bern and Lungern in the canton of Obwalden.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,001 metres
- Description: pass in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Bruenigpass”, “Brünig”, and “Brunig Pass”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brünig-Hasliberg railway station and Meiringen Air Base.
Brünig-Hasliberg railway station
Railway station
Photo: Gabrio, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brünig-Hasliberg railway station is a Swiss railway station located at the highest point of the Brünig Pass. It is on the Brünig line, owned by the Zentralbahn, that links Interlaken and Lucerne.
Meiringen Air Base
Aerodrome
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Meiringen Air Base, also known as the Unterbach Military Airfield, is a Swiss military airbase located near the hamlet of Unterbach and the town of Meiringen, in the canton of Bern.
Wilerhorn
Peak
The Wilerhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. It lies to the south-east of the Höch Gumme and to the north-west of the Brünig Pass.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brienzwiler and Obsee.
Brienzwiler
Village
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Brienzwiler is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Besides the village of Brienzwiler, the municipality also includes the settlement of Balmhof.
Lungern
Village
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Lungern is a municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. It encompasses Lake Lungern and, besides the village of Lungern, the settlements of Bürglen, Kaiserstuhl and Obsee.
Brünig Pass
- Categories: rail mountain pass, mountain pass, and landform
- Location: Meiringen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Canton of Bern, Bernese Highlands, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.75686° or 46° 45′ 25″ northLongitude
8.13699° or 8° 8′ 13″ eastElevation
1,001 metres (3,284 feet)Open location code
8FRCQ44P+PQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1456037442OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Brünig Pass” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Brünig Pass”
- Chinese: “布吕尼希”
- Chinese: “布呂尼希”
- Dutch: “Brunigpas”
- Dutch: “Brünigpas”
- Esperanto: “Brünigpasejo”
- Finnish: “Brünigpass”
- French: “col du Brünig”
- French: “Col du Brünig”
- German: “Brünigpass”
- Italian: “Passo del Brünig”
- Japanese: “ブリュニヒ峠”
- Korean: “뷔르닉 고개”
- Korean: “브뤼닉 고개”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brünigpasset”
- Spanish: “puerto de Brünig”
- Spanish: “Puerto de Brünig”
- Swedish: “Brünig Pass”
- Swedish: “Brünigpasset”
- Thai: “ช่องเขาบรือนิช”
- Ukrainian: “Брюніг”
- Ukrainian: “Перевал Брюніг”
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