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The Reichenbach Falls (Reichenbachfall) in Meiringen, Switzerland, have a total drop of 250 m (656 ft). At 90 m (300 ft) the Upper Reichenbach Falls is one of the highest cataracts in the Alps. This is where Sherlock Holmes apparently dies at the end of "The Adventure of the Final Problem". Supposedly the town is also the birthplace of meringue — the delicate pastry made of powdered sugar and the whites of eggs whipped up. Statue of Holmes outside the English Church Meiringen (46°44′ N 8°11′ E, 595 m; population 4,740 as of 2004) is a town in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, the administrative capital of the Oberhasli district of the canton of Bern. ...
Sherlock Holmes as imagined by the seminal Holmesian artist, Sidney Edward Paget, in The Strand magazine. ...
The Adventure of the Final Problem is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his detective character Sherlock Holmes. ...
Lemon meringue muffins For the Dominican folk dance and the music it is performed to, see merengue. ...
Out of the many waterfalls in the Bernese Oberland, the Reichenbach Falls seem to have made the greatest impression on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Hopetoun Falls near Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia A waterfall is usually a geological formation resulting from water, often in the form of a stream, flowing over an erosion-resistant rock formation that forms a sudden break in elevation. ...
View of Thun and Lake Thun from the Niederhorn 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 Lake Brienz, and the valleys of the Bernese Alps (thus, the inhabitable parts from...
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. ...
So impressed was Conan Doyle that he decided to let his hero die there. A memorial plate at the funicular station commemorates the man who was probably the most famous detective in the world. The actual ledge from which Moriarty and Holmes apparently fall is on the other side of the falls; it is accessible by climbing the path to the top of the falls, crossing the bridge and following the trail down the hill. The ledge is marked by a plaque written in English, German and French, the English inscription reading: "At this fearful place, Sherlock Holmes vanquished Professor Moriarty, on 4 May 1891." 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...
Professor Moriarty, illustration by Sidney Paget which accompanied the original publication of The Final Problem. Professor James Moriarty is a fictional character who is the best known antagonist of the detective Sherlock Holmes. ...
The mighty waterfalls, tumbling down over the rock face in several cascades in a beautiful scenery, make a trip to the Reichenbach falls a worthwhile experience. Those seeking further information can obtain it in the old chapel in Meiringen, which houses the Sherlock Holmes Museum.
Conan Doyle felt that the Sherlock Holmes stories were distracting him from more worthwhile literary efforts, and that killing Holmes off was the only way of getting his career back on track. "I must save my mind for better things", he wrote to his mother, "even if it means I must bury my pocketbook with him."
Sir Arthur was unable to keep the former resolve, perhaps because he was unable to keep the latter, and in due course brought Holmes back to life, in "The Adventure of the Empty House". The Adventure of the Empty House, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. ...
Aside: Mary Shelley's Victor Frankenstein is followed by the 'monster' on a similar route. This association is detailed in Samuel Rosenberg's book Naked is the Best Disguise. Mary Shelley Mary Shelley (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, the author of Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. ...
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Samuel Rosenberg (1912—January 5,1996) was best known for his 1974 study of Sherlock Holmes entitled Naked is the Best Disguise (subtitled The Death and Resurrection of Sherlock Holmes). ...
Title The title comes from lines in William Congreves The Double Dealer, 1694. ...
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