Reichenbach Falls

Reichenbach Falls is a waterfall in the region of Switzerland, which drop a height of 250 metres. In literature, the upper Great Reichenbach Fall is the location of the final altercation between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's hero Sherlock Holmes and his greatest foe, Professor Moriarty, in "The Final Problem".
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Meiringen railway station and Reformed Church with annexes.

Railway station
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is a railway station, in the town of in the , and at the junction of two railway lines. The Brünig line of the Zentralbahn is an inter-regional metre gauge railway that links and , whilst the Meiringen–Innertkirchen line of the Meiringen-Innertkirchen-Bahn is a local railway that links to and the . is situated 1½ km north of Reichenbach Falls.

Church
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 2 km north of Reichenbach Falls.

Chapel
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is situated 1½ km north of Reichenbach Falls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Meiringen and Innertkirchen.

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is a town in the of Switzerland. with a population in 2020 of 4666. It's a winter sports and mountain hiking resort, best known for the Reichenbach Falls, scene of the fictional death of Sherlock Holmes and his arch-enemy Professor Moriarty.

Village
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is a village and municipality in the in the canton of Bern in . On 1 January 2014, the former municipality of was merged into the municipality of . is situated 3½ km east of Reichenbach Falls.

Village
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is a municipality in the in the canton of in . Besides the village of , the municipality also includes the settlement of Balmhof. is situated 7 km northwest of Reichenbach Falls.

Reichenbach Falls

Latitude
46.71329° or 46° 42′ 48″ north
Longitude
8.18244° or 8° 10′ 57″ east
Open location code
8FRCP57J+8X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2903487307
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Wiki­data ID
Q183395
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Reichenbach Falls” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شلالات ريتشينباخ”
  • Armenian: “Ռայխենբախ (ջրվեժ)”
  • Armenian: “Ռայխենբախ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Reyxenbax şəlaləsi”
  • Bulgarian: “Райхенбах”
  • Catalan: “cascades de Reichenbach”
  • Catalan: “Cascades de Reichenbach”
  • Chinese: “萊辛巴赫瀑布”
  • Czech: “Reichenbašské vodopády”
  • Danish: “Reichenbachfall”
  • Dutch: “Reichenbachwaterval”
  • Finnish: “Reichenbachin putoukset”
  • French: “chutes du Reichenbach”
  • French: “Chutes du Reichenbach”
  • Georgian: “რაიხენბახის ჩანჩქერი”
  • German: “Reichenbachfall”
  • Greek: “Καταρράκτες Ράιχενμπαχ”
  • Hebrew: “מפלי רייכנבאך”
  • Italian: “cascata Reichenbach”
  • Italian: “Cascate Reichenbach”
  • Japanese: “ライヘンバッハの滝”
  • Korean: “라이헨바흐 폭포”
  • Lithuanian: “Raichenbacho krioklys”
  • Luxembourgish: “Reichenbach-Waasserfäll”
  • Mazanderani: “رایش باخ”
  • Mazanderani: “رایش‌باخ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Reichenbachfossen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Reichenbachfall”
  • Norwegian: “Reichenbachfossen”
  • Ossetian: “Рейхенбахы æхсæрдзæн”
  • Persian: “آبشار رایشنباخ”
  • Persian: “آبشارهای رایخنباخ”
  • Polish: “Wodospad Reichenbach”
  • Portuguese: “Cataratas de Reichenbach”
  • Romanian: “Cascadele Reichenbach”
  • Russian: “Райхенбах”
  • Russian: “Рейхенбахский водопад”
  • Spanish: “Cataratas de Reichenbach”
  • Swedish: “Reichenbachfallen”
  • Thai: “น้ำตกไรเชินบัค”
  • Ukrainian: “Райхенбахський водоспад”
  • Ukrainian: “Рейхенбахський водоспад”
  • Vietnamese: “Thác Reichenbach”
  • Western Frisian: “Reichenbachwetterfal”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Reichenbachfall and Sherlock Holmes and Professor James Moriarty.

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