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Meiringen
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Berne
District	Oberhasli
Coordinates	46°44′N, 8°11′E
Population	4,740  (December 2004)
- Density	116 /km² (45 /sq.mi.)
Area	40.7 km² (15.7 sq mi)
Elevation	595 m (1,952 ft)
Postal code	3860
SFOS number	0785
Surrounded by	Brienz, Brienzwiler, Grindelwald, Hasliberg, Innertkirchen, Lungern (OW), Schattenhalb
Website	www.meiringen.ch
Meiringen

Statue of Holmes outside the English Church

Street sign outside Holmes museum

Meiringen is a municipality in the district of Oberhasli in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. This list of countries, arranged alphabetically, gives an overview of countries of the world. ... Valais Ticino Graubünden (Grisons) Geneva Vaud Neuchâtel Jura Berne Thurgau Zurich Aargau Lucerne Solothurn Basel-Land Schaffhausen Uri Schwyz Glarus St. ... The Swiss Canton of Berne is bilingual (German: Kanton  ; French Canton de Berne) and has a population of about 947,000. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... The Oberhasli district is eastermost of the 26 districts of the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August _ September - October - November - December- → Deaths in December • 30 Artie Shaw • 29 Julius Axelrod • 28 Jacques Dupuis • 28 Jerry Orbach • 28 Susan Sontag • 26 Reggie White • 26 Sir Angus Ogilvy • 23 P. V. Narasimha Rao • 23 Doug Ault • 19 Renata Tebaldi... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 10 km² (1000 hectares) and 100 km² (10,000 hectares). ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Here are postal codes of Switzerland and Liechtenstein: Zone 1 1000s are found in Lausanne, Lavaux and parts of Morges, 1100s in parts of Morges, 1200s are in Geneva and parts of La Côte, Vaud, 1300s in La Vallée, 1500s are found in Clavaleyres, the 1700s are found... The Official Munipality Key, formerly also known as the Official Municipality Characteristic Number or Municipality Code Number, is a number sequence for the identification of politically independent municipalities or municipality-free areas. ... The following is a list of the municipalities in Switzerland, listed alphabetically. ... Brienzwiler is a municipality of the Canton of Bern, Switzerland, located in the district of Interlaken. ... This article is about the town in Switzerland. ... The Hasliberg (German, lit. ... Innertkirchen is a municipality of the canton of Bern, Switzerland, situated in the German-speaking district of Oberhasli. ... Lungern is a municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. ... Schattenhalb is a municipality in the district of Oberhasli, in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1359x922, 341 KB) Switzerland Map drawn by Tschubby see also Karte_Schweiz_Details. ... Image File history File links Red_pog2. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (480x640, 60 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Meiringen User:RHaworth/gallery ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (480x640, 60 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Meiringen User:RHaworth/gallery ... Image File history File links 029240_conan_doyle_place. ... Image File history File links 029240_conan_doyle_place. ... Municipalities are the smallest government division in Switzerland. ... The Oberhasli district is eastermost of the 26 districts of the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. ... Valais Ticino Graubünden (Grisons) Geneva Vaud Neuchâtel Jura Berne Thurgau Zurich Aargau Lucerne Solothurn Basel-Land Schaffhausen Uri Schwyz Glarus St. ... The Swiss Canton of Berne is bilingual (German: Kanton  ; French Canton de Berne) and has a population of about 947,000. ...

The town is famous for the Reichenbach Falls, a spectacular water fall that was the setting for the fictional presumed death of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character Sherlock Holmes. A museum dedicated to Holmes is located in the basement of the deconsecrated English Church, located in what has now been named Conan Doyle Place. The Reichenbach Falls (Reichenbachfall) in Meiringen, Switzerland, have a total drop of 250 m (656 ft). ... Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859 - July 7, 1930) is the British author most famously known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction. ... A portrait of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget from the Strand Magazine, 1891 Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. ...

The town is also known for its claim to have invented meringue. Lemon meringue muffins For the Dominican folk dance and the music it is performed to, see merengue. ...

Meiringen is served by Meiringen railway station on the Brünigbahn narrow-gauge railway from Interlaken to Lucerne. This station is also the terminus of the local Meiringen-Innertkirchen Bahn narrow-gauge railway, which links the town with the nearby village of Innertkirchen. The lower terminus of the Reichenbachfall-Bahn funicular, which links the town to the Reichenbach Falls, is located at Willigen, some 20 minutes walk, or a 6 minute bus ride, from Meiringen station. The Brünigbahn (SBB Brünig) was the only narrow gauge railway of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and passes through Interlaken over Brienz, Meiringen, the Brünigpass, Giswil, Alpnachstad after Lucerne. ... Comparison of standard gauge (blue) and one common narrow gauge (red) width. ... Interlaken is a municipality in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. ... For other uses, see Lucerne (disambiguation). ... The Meiringen-Innertkirchen Bahn (MIB) is a narrow gauge railway in Switzerland with a rail gauge of 1 metre. ... Innertkirchen is a municipality of the canton of Bern, Switzerland, situated in the German-speaking district of Oberhasli. ... The Reichenbachfall-Bahn (RfB) is a funicular in the Swiss Canton of Berne. ... Angels Flight, Los Angeles, California with gantlet track configuration Duquesne Incline, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with full length parallel tracks The Gütschbahn in Lucerne, Switzerland – from an 1893 guidebook A funicular, also called funicular railway, inclined railway, inclined plane, or, in the United Kingdom, a cliff railway, is a system of...

One of three main air bases of the Swiss Air Force is located near Meiringen. Among other aircraft, it operates F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets. For other uses, see Airport (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F/A-18 Hornet is a modern all-weather carrier-capable strike fighter jet, designed to attack both ground and aerial targets. ...

v • d • e Municipalities in the district of Oberhasli, Switzerland

Gadmen | Guttannen | Hasliberg | Innertkirchen | Meiringen | Schattenhalb Municipalities are the smallest government division in Switzerland. ... The Oberhasli district is eastermost of the 26 districts of the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. ... View of Lake Stein and Gadmen from the Susten Pass Gadmen is a municipality in the Oberhasli administrative district in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. ... View of Lake Grimsel, Grimsel Hospice, and Lake Räterichsboden from a Grimsel Pass Guttannen is municipality in the Oberhasli district in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. ... The Hasliberg (German, lit. ... Innertkirchen is a municipality of the canton of Bern, Switzerland, situated in the German-speaking district of Oberhasli. ... Schattenhalb is a municipality in the district of Oberhasli, in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. ... Canton of Berne | Districts of Canton Berne | Municipalities of the canton of Berne The Swiss Canton of Berne is bilingual (German: Kanton  ; French Canton de Berne) and has a population of about 947,000. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... There 398 municipalities in the canton of Berne, Switzerland (as of April 2004): Berne is the canton with the most municipalities. ...

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