Interlaken
see also: Etymology of Interlaken
Interlaken (in French the Interlacings ) is a commune of the Canton of Bern, in Suisse.
Geography
Its geographical position, between the lakes of Thoune and Brienz, is at the origin of its name. With the common neighbors of Matten and Unterseen, it forms a named agglomeration cash Bödeli 14 424 inhabitants.
History
The city developed starting from XIIe century around a convent of Augustins founded about 1130.At the XIXe century, the world of the mountain, described in texts of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Felix Mendelssohn or Lord Byron, makes run the first tourists in the Bernese Oberland. The construction of the way-of-iron of Wengen, in 1893, and of that of the Jungfrau, 1898 with 1912, gives an additional rise to the young station. The construction of hotels transforms the aspect of the locality.
Transport
- Railway line BLS: Bern - Interlaken, stations of Interlaken-West and Interlaken-Is
- Railway line CF (narrow gauge railway): Interlaken - Brünig - Lucerne, station of Interlaken-Is
- Railway line Berner Oberland-Bahnen: Interlaken - Lauterbrunnen/Interlaken - Grindelwald, station of Interlaken-Is
- Funiculaire of Harder: Interlaken Is - Harder
- Funiculaire of Heimwehfluh: Western Interlaken - Heimwehfluh
- Lines of bus for Unterseen, Iseltwald, Thoune
- Highway A8
- Lines of boats for the ports of the Lake Thoune
Personalities
- Daniel Hofer, harpist
- Hans Schaffner, federal adviser
Tourism
- the station of Interlaken has a tourist fame of long time. Among its famous and unconditional customers appeared already Goethe, Lord Byron and Felix Mendelssohn.
- There are two funiculars which go up since Interlaken towards Heimwehfluh (to the accesses of Interlaken West) and Harder (the station is at a few hundred meters of the station CF of Interlaken Ost). In Heimwehfluh you will find an exposure of trains minitatures, a restaurant as well as a place of plays for the children and a track of toboggan of summer. Harder offers to you another restaurant with a splendid sight on Interlaken, the two lakes and the area of Jungfrau.
- Mystery Park, a single amusement park which presented insoluble enigmas but nevertheless real of our world. It closed on November 19th, 2006 for lack of visitors.
site tourism
Demonstrations
- Plays of Such, spectacle inspired by " Guillaume Tell " , the part of Schiller
- Festival of Unspunnen, celebration of the popular traditions
- International festival Trucker&Country
- Greenfield Festival, music
- Red Bull Air Race
Media
- Radio operator BeO Site of the Radio
Curiosities
- Former priory of Augustins, transformed into residence of the baillifs to the Reform.
- Castle of the baillifs, built in 1748.
External bonds
- Common in DHS
Twinning
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