Mürren is a traditional Walser mountain village in Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. Gimmelwald is a small village in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland, halfway up the mountain between Stechelberg and Mürren. The Walser are German -speaking people (more specifically they speak Walser German Dialects who live in the Alps of Switzerland, The Bernese Oberland (Bernese highlands is the higher part of the Canton of Bern, Switzerland, in the south of the canton The area around Lake Thun and Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation It is not reachable by public road and is 1,650 m above sea level. It features a view of the three mountains Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau. The Eiger is a notable mountain in the Swiss Alps, rising to an elevation of 3970 m (13025 ft The Mönch ( German: "monk" is a Mountain in the Swiss Alps. The Jungfrau ( German: "maiden/virgin" is the highest peak of a mountain Massif of the same name located in the Bernese Oberland region of the Tourism is popular through the summer and winter. Mürren has a population of just 450, but 2,000 hotel beds.
Mürren has its own school and two churches, one Reformed and one Roman Catholic. A school (from Greek σχολεῖον - scholeion) is an Institution designed to allow and encourage Students (or "pupils" The Reformed churches are a group of Christian Protestant Denominations formally characterized by a similar Calvinist system of doctrine historically
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Transport
A series of four cable cars, known as the Luftseilbahn Stechelberg-Mürren-Schilthorn (LSMS), provides transportation from Mürren downhill to Gimmelwald and Stechelberg, and uphill to the summit of the Schilthorn and the revolving restaurant Piz Gloria. The Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren (BLM is a Mountain railway in the Bernese Oberland area of Switzerland, which connects the villages of Lauterbrunnen An aerial tramway is a type of Aerial lift in which a cabin is suspended from a cable and is pulled by another cable Gimmelwald is a small village in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland, halfway up the mountain between Stechelberg and Mürren. Stechelberg is a small village in the glacier carved Lauterbrunnen valley of the Bernese Oberland, sitting at the base of the Jungfrau mountain Schilthorn is a 2970 metre high summit in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland, above Mürren. A revolving restaurant is a Restaurant on a revolving Floorplate. Piz Gloria is the name of the Revolving restaurant on the Schilthorn near Mürren in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. This was the principal filming location for the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service. James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story On Her Majesty's Secret Service, released in 1969, is the sixth Spy film in the James Bond series, and the only one to star George
Mürren is also connected to Lauterbrunnen by the Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren, which consists of a narrow gauge railway and a connecting aerial tramway. Lauterbrunnen is a municipality in the district of Interlaken in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren (BLM is a Mountain railway in the Bernese Oberland area of Switzerland, which connects the villages of Lauterbrunnen A narrow gauge railway (or narrow gauge railroad) is a Railway that has a Track gauge narrower than the of Standard gauge railways An aerial tramway is a type of Aerial lift in which a cabin is suspended from a cable and is pulled by another cable Mürren is also the lower terminus of the Allmendhubelbahn funicular. Seilbahn Mürren Allmendhubel (SMA also Allmendhubelbahn is an endless rope Funicular in Bernese Oberland in Switzerland.
Recreation
There are a total of 52km of ski runs with 14 ski lifts (4 cable cars, 6 chair lifts, 2 railways and 2 drag lifts). There is also off-piste skiing, but guiding is often needed and should be used. Although there is good skiing, a popular activity is sledding (sledging). There are many paths that are used for sledding including a route from Mürren to Gimmelwald (once in Gimmelwald, you can follow the short path through the village and take a cable-car back to Mürren) and from Gimmeln to Mürren that are used solely for hiking and sledding. The "bobrun" (which was a bobsleigh track) is also used for sledding and hiking but is also a well used ski run, often used by the ski school.
Within the village there is a large sports centre with a 25m swimming pool, squash courts and a sports hall. There is a large skating rink which is sometimes used for curling competitions as well as a specific curling rink that in the summer is a tennis court. In the summer there are also tennis courts near to the sportschalet.
Politics
Mürren is situated within the canton of Bern, in the district of Interlaken and belongs to the political commune of Lauterbrunnen, together with the districts of Wengen, Isenfluh, Gimmelwald, Stechelberg and Lauterbrunnen. Lauterbrunnen is a municipality in the district of Interlaken in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Wengen (1274 m is a village in the Bernese Oberland in central Switzerland. Isenfluh is a hamlet in Switzerland, north of the road from Wilderswil to Lauterbrunnen. Gimmelwald is a small village in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland, halfway up the mountain between Stechelberg and Mürren. Stechelberg is a small village in the glacier carved Lauterbrunnen valley of the Bernese Oberland, sitting at the base of the Jungfrau mountain Lauterbrunnen is a municipality in the district of Interlaken in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Also, the Kirchgemeinde covers the entire valley.
History
Mürren has its roots as a farming village however it has grown in size and wealth due to tourism in both the summer and winter. Tourism and winter sports have been an important part of Mürren's past, as in 1911 the first British winter tourists arrived and in 1922 the Kandahar ski club was set up here. In 1928 the Inferno ski race was set up and remains till this day. The Inferno is the longest (15. 8km) and largest amateur ski race in the world.
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