Bitsch

Bitsch is a locality in , and has an elevation of 1,241 metres. Bitsch is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bitsch railway station and Brig railway station.

Railway station
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is a station in the municipality of , in the canton of Valais. It is an intermediate and request stop on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Furka Oberalp line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, served by local trains only.

Railway station
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is an important railway junction in the municipality of , in the Canton of , . Opened in 1878, it is adjacent to the northern portal of the and is served by two standard gauge lines.

Peak
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The is a mountain overlooking in the canton of . It lies near the western end of the chain south of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riederalp-Bettmeralp and Brig.

Photo: Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riederalp and Bettmeralp are two car-free villages in the German-speaking part of the canton of in . They are a few kilometres from each other at 1,900 metres.

Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, officially Brig-Glis, is a municipality of 13,000 people in in . The municipality is made up of two neighbouring towns, and Glis, with a third independent town Naters across the Rhone river to the north.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of in . On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of and merged into the municipality of , which also includes the villages of Hegdorn, Geimen, Mehlbaum, Rischinen and Blatten bei .

Bitsch

Latitude
46.3447° or 46° 20′ 41″ north
Longitude
8.0095° or 8° 0′ 34″ east
Population
1,000
Elevation
1,241 metres (4,072 feet)
Open location code
8FRC82V5+VR
Geo­Names ID
7285264
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