Findelbach railway station
Findelbach is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, which links the resort of Zermatt with the summit of the Gornergrat. The station is situated in the municipality of Zermatt, in the Swiss canton of Valais, at an altitude of 1,770 m above mean sea level.Photo: Whgler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Zermatt, Switzerland
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Riffelalp railway station and Chapel of the Holy Family.
Riffelalp railway station
Railway station
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riffelalp is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, a rack railway which links the resort of Zermatt with the summit of the Gornergrat. The station is situated west of the Gornergrat, in the Swiss municipality of Zermatt and canton of Valais, at an altitude of 2,211 m above mean sea level. Riffelalp railway station is situated 660 metres southeast of Findelbach railway station.
Chapel of the Holy Family
Church
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapel of the Holy Family is a church, which is situated 470 metres northwest of Findelbach railway station.
Matterhorn Museum
Museum
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Matterhorn Museum is a cultural-natural museum in Zermatt whose main theme is the Matterhorn. The museum is in the form of a reconstituted mountain village consisting of 14 houses, and relates the history and development of tourism in the Zermatt area, including the story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party. Matterhorn Museum is situated 1¼ km north of Findelbach railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riffelalp and Zum See.
Riffelalp
Hamlet
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riffelalp is a hamlet in the municipality of Zermatt in the canton of Valais. It is located at a height of 2,222 metres above sea level, just above the tree line, approximately halfway between the town of Zermatt and the Gornergrat mountain.
Zum See
Hamlet
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zum See is a hamlet in the canton of Valais. It is located above Zermatt at a height of 1,766 metres, between the rivers Zmuttbach and Gornera, at the foot the Matterhorn.
Findeln
Locality
Photo: Zermatt photos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Findeln is a group of hamlets above Zermatt in the canton of Valais. They are located on the south facing slopes of the Sunnegga–Unterrothorn–Oberrothorn mountains.
Findelbach railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Zermatt, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.00962° or 46° 0′ 35″ northLongitude
7.74885° or 7° 44′ 56″ eastElevation
1,770 metres (5,807 feet)Operator
GGBOpen location code
8FR92P5X+RGOpenStreetMap ID
node 3110648194OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q17076013
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Korean—“Findelbach railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Findelbach”
- Esperanto: “Findelbach”
- French: “Findelbach”
- German: “Bahnhof Findelbach”
- Hungarian: “Findelbach vasútállomás”
- Italian: “stazione di Findelbach”
- Italian: “Stazione di Findelbach”
- Korean: “핀델바흐역”
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