Mürren is a traditional Walser mountain village in Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. It is not reachable by any road and is 1,650 m above sea level. It features a view of the three mountains Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau. Tourism is popular through the summer. Mürren has a population of just 450, but 2,000 hotel beds. Photo of Muerren, Switzerland taken August, 2004. ... Walser (or Walserdytsch) is a highest-Alemannic dialect spoken in parts of Switzerland, and in a few communities of Italy, Liechtenstein, and Austria. ... Portions of the range of the Alps called the Bernese Oberland are in Cantons other than that of Bern, see: Vaud, Fribourg, the Valais, Lucerne, Uri, and Nidwalden. ... The features of the north face of the Eiger. ... The Mönch (German: monk) is a mountain in the Swiss Alps. ... The Jungfrau (German: virgin) is the highest peak of a mountain massif of the same name, located in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss Alps, overlooking Grindelwald. ...

Mürren has its own school and two churches, one Reformed and one Roman Catholic. A school is most commonly a place designated for learning. ... A church building is a building used in Christian worship. ... The Reformed churches are a group of Protestant denominations historically related by a similar Zwinglian or Calvinist system of doctrine but organizationally independent. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...

A series of four LSMS cable cars provides transportation from Mürren downhill to Gimmelwald and Stechelberg, and uphill to the summit of the Schilthorn and the rotating restaurant Piz Gloria. This was the principal filming location for the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Cable car at Zell am See in the Austrian Alps. ... The small mountain village of Gimmelwald in the Bernese Oberland is halfway up a mountain between Stechelberg and Muerren. ... Stechelberg is a village in Bernese Oberland,a valley inward behind Lauterbrunnen. ... Schilthorn is a 2,970 meter high summit in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, above Mürren. ... A typical restaurant in uptown Manhattan A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. ... Piz Gloria is the name of the panoramic restaurant on the Schilthorn near Mürren in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. ... James Bond, also known as 007 (double-oh seven), is a sophisticated fictional character and British spy created by writer Ian Fleming. ... 2003 Penguin Books paperback edition On Her Majestys Secret Service is the eleventh James Bond novel by Ian Fleming, published in 1963. ...

Mürren is also connected to Lauterbrunnen by the Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren, which consists of a narrow-gauge railway and a connecting funicular. It is also the lower terminus of the Allmendhubelbahn funicular. From Wengen one can see the Staubbach Falls in the Lauterbrunnen valley. ... The funicular above Lauterbrunnen Two trains pass in Winteregg station The Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren (BLM) is a mountain railway in the Bernese Oberland area of Switzerland, which connects the communes of Lauterbrunnen and Mürren. ... Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 in (1. ... Duquesne Incline, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with full length parallel tracks A funicular, also called funicular railway or inclined railway, inclined plane, or in England a cliff railway, consists of a system of transportation in which cables attach to a tram-like vehicle on rails to move it up and down a... Seilbahn Muerren Allmendhubel (SMA), also Allmendhubelbahn, is an endless rope funicular in Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. ...

Politics

Mürren belongs to the political commune of Lauterbrunnen, together with the districts of Wengen, Isenfluh, Gimmelwald, Stechelberg and Lauterbrunnen. Also, the Kirchgemeinde covers the entire valley. From Wengen one can see the Staubbach Falls in the Lauterbrunnen valley. ... Wengen is a car-free village in the Bernese Oberland. ... Isenfluh is a small hamlet in Switzerland north of the road from Wilderswil to Lauterbrunnen. ... The small mountain village of Gimmelwald in the Bernese Oberland is halfway up a mountain between Stechelberg and Muerren. ... Stechelberg is a village in Bernese Oberland,a valley inward behind Lauterbrunnen. ... From Wengen one can see the Staubbach Falls in the Lauterbrunnen valley. ...

External links

• Tourism: http://www.wengen-muerren.ch/
• http://www.muerren.ch