Meiringen
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Meiringen is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Besides the village of Meiringen, the municipality includes the settlements of Bal
6004 Meiringen Bahnhofstrasse
Statue of Holmes and the English Church
The people of Hasle swear allegiance to Bern in 1334 (depiction in the Spiezer Schilling, 1480s).
Meiringen c. 1875. Etching by Heinrich Müller
Reichenbach Falls
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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 altercat
Meiringen
…first.") Formerly the coat of arms of the entire Oberhasli Talschaft, this design continues the imperial coat of arms. Meiringen is famous for the nearby Reichenbach Falls, a waterfall that was the setting for the final showdown between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis Professor…
The Grand Reichenbach Fall
The Grand Reichenbach Fall at night
The Holmes plaque on the ledge
The Great Fall of the Reichenbach, in the Valley of Hasle, Switzerland (1804, watercolour on paper) by J. M. W. Turner