Winkelmatten
Winkelmatten is in Zermatt, Visp District, Valais and has an elevation of 1,672 metres. Winkelmatten is situated nearby to the church Chapel of the Holy Family, as well as near the fountain Brunnen.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapel of the Holy Family and Findelbach railway station.
Findelbach railway station
Railway station
Photo: Whgler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Findelbach railway station is situated 480 metres southeast of Winkelmatten.
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 740 metres north of Winkelmatten.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zum See and Riffelalp.
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.
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.
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.
Winkelmatten
- Type: Sign
- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: Zermatt, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.01314° or 46° 0′ 47″ northLongitude
7.74521° or 7° 44′ 43″ eastElevation
1,672 metres (5,486 feet)Open location code
8FR92P7W+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 618600197OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=information
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