Grenchenberg
The Grenchenberg is a mountain of the Jura, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Solothurn. The mountain is named after the town of Grenchen, located on its south side.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Jura-Sternwarte Grenchen and Burg Grenchen.
Jura-Sternwarte Grenchen
Observatory
Jura-Sternwarte Grenchen is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Stiftung Jura-Sternwarte. Built in 1976, it is located near Grenchen in the Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland.
Burg Grenchen
Castle
Photo: Urs.Schmid007, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Burg Grenchen, also known as Bettleschloss, was a hill castle located above the present-day municipalities of Grenchen and Bettlach in the Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. It is one of the early clearing castles in the Jura Mountains in Switzerland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Court and Grenchen.
Court
Village
Grenchen
Town
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Grenchen is a municipality in the district of Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located at the foot of the Jura mountains between Solothurn and Biel/Bienne, approximately 25 km north of Bern.
Bettlach
Village
Grenchenberg
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,405 metres
- Description: mountain
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Grenchen, Lebern District, Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.22962° or 47° 13′ 47″ northLongitude
7.38363° or 7° 23′ 1″ eastElevation
1,405 metres (4,610 feet)Open location code
8FV969HM+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 5759777343OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Grenchenberg” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غرينشينبيرغ”
- Bulgarian: “Гренченберг”
- Cebuano: “Grenchenberg”
- Chinese: “格倫興山”
- Chinese: “格倫興貝格山”
- Dutch: “Grenchenberg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جرينشينبيرج”
- French: “Grenchenberg”
- German: “Grenchenberg”
- Ladin: “Grenchenberg”
- Persian: “گرنچنبرگ”
- Polish: “Grenchenberg”
- Russian: “Гренхенберг”
- Swedish: “Grenchenberg”
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