Hobalm

Hobalm is in Schattenhalb, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Canton of Bern and has an elevation of 1,354 metres. Hobalm is situated nearby to the reservoir Staubecken Zwirgi, as well as near the waterfall Reichenbachfall.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Reichenbach Falls and Aare Gorge.

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 1 km north of Hobalm.

Aare Gorge

Photo: Pazit Polak, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Aare Gorge is a section of the river Aare that carves through a limestone ridge near the town of Meiringen, in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. Aare Gorge is situated 2½ km east of Hobalm.

Meiringen railway station

Railway station

Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Meiringen railway station is a railway station, in the town of Meiringen in the Swiss canton of Bern, and at the junction of two railway lines. The Brünig line of the Zentralbahn is an inter-regional metre gauge railway that links Interlaken and Lucerne, whilst the Meiringen–Innertkirchen line of the Meiringen-Innertkirchen-Bahn is a local railway that links to Innertkirchen and the Aare Gorge. Meiringen railway station is situated 2½ km north of Hobalm.

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 3½ km east of Hobalm.

Brienzwiler

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Brienzwiler is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Besides the village of Brienzwiler, the municipality also includes the settlement of Balmhof. Brienzwiler is situated 8 km northwest of Hobalm.

Hobalm

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

46.7058° or 46° 42′ 21″ north

Longitude

8.18412° or 8° 11′ 3″ east

Elevation

1,354 metres (4,442 feet)

Operator

Berner Wanderwege

Open location code

8FRCP54M+8J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7477105158

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=information

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