Gschwantenmad

Gschwantenmad is in Schattenhalb, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Canton of Bern and has an elevation of 1,303 metres. Gschwantenmad is situated near the peak Rufenenhubel, as well as near Rosenlouwistock.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Reichenbach Falls and Gletscherschlucht Rosenlaui.

Reichenbach Falls

Waterfall

Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Reichenbach Falls is a waterfall in the Bernese Oberland 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". Reichenbach Falls is situated 3 km northeast of Gschwantenmad.

Gletscherschlucht Rosenlaui

Photo: McIntosh Natura, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gletscherschlucht Rosenlaui is situated 1¼ km south of Gschwantenmad.

Grosses Engelhorn

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

The Grosses Engelhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located west of Innertkirchen in the Bernese Oberland. It is one of the highest summits of the Engelhörner, the chain between the Reichenbachtal and the Urbachtal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Meiringen and Innertkirchen.

Meiringen

Photo: Thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Meiringen is a town in the Bernese Highlands 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.

Innertkirchen

Village

Photo: Falk Lademann, CC BY 2.0.

Innertkirchen is a village and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014, the former municipality of Gadmen was merged into the municipality of Innertkirchen. Innertkirchen is situated 5 km east of Gschwantenmad.

Grosse Scheidegg

Locality

Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Grosse Scheidegg is a mountain pass in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, The pass crosses the col between the Schwarzhorn and the Wetterhorn mountains at an elevation of 1,962 m. Grosse Scheidegg is situated 6 km southwest of Gschwantenmad.

Gschwantenmad

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Schattenhalb, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.68834° or 46° 41′ 18″ north

Longitude

8.16177° or 8° 9′ 42″ east

Elevation

1,303 metres (4,275 feet)

Open location code

8FRCM5Q6+8P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3959620902

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=information

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Rufenenhubel and Engelhornhütte.

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Places to explore: Gschwandtenmaad and Gschwantenmad.

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