Rotenboden railway station
Rotenboden 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.Photo: My another account, CC0.
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Riffelsee and Riffelhorn.
Riffelsee
Lake
Riffelsee is an alpine lake above the town of Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.
Riffelhorn
Peak
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The Riffelhorn is a mountain in the Swiss section of the Pennine Alps, located south of Zermatt in the canton of Valais. The Riffelhorn forms part of the Gorner ridge and provides excellent rock climbing facilities having several routes of a different Climbing grades.
Gornergrat
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Herzi Pinki, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Gornergrat is a rocky ridge of the Pennine Alps, overlooking the Gorner Glacier south-east of Zermatt in Switzerland. It can be reached from Zermatt by the Gornergrat rack railway, the highest open-air railway in Europe. Gornergrat is situated 1½ km east of Rotenboden railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riffelalp and Findeln.
Riffelalp
Hamlet
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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.
Findeln
Locality
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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. Findeln is situated 3 km north of Rotenboden railway station.
Furi
Hamlet
Furi is an alpine hamlet in the Pennine Alps, located three kilometers south of Zermatt, Switzerland at an altitude of 1,687m. It is located on a relatively flat area of land between the Gornera and Zmuttbach rivers. Furi is situated 3½ km northwest of Rotenboden railway station.
Rotenboden railway station
- Type: Railway stop
- Description: railway station on the Gornergrat railway in the Swiss canton of Valais
- Categories: railway station, station located on surface, and transportation
- Location: Zermatt, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.98451° or 45° 59′ 4″ northLongitude
7.76524° or 7° 45′ 55″ eastElevation
2,819 metres (9,249 feet)Operator
GGBOpen location code
8FQ9XQM8+R3OpenStreetMap ID
node 3110648199OpenStreetMap feature
railway=haltWikidata ID
Q15144803
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Korean—“Rotenboden railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Rotenboden”
- Esperanto: “Rotenboden”
- French: “Rotenboden”
- German: “Bahnhof Rotenboden”
- Hungarian: “Rotenboden vasútállomás”
- Italian: “stazione di Rotenboden”
- Italian: “Stazione di Rotenboden”
- Japanese: “ローテンボーデン駅”
- Korean: “로텐보덴역”
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