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Meiringen
Meiringen | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Meiringen  | |
  Meiringen  Meiringen | |
| Coordinates: 46°43.643′N 8°11.24′E / 46.727383°N 8.18733°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Interlaken-Oberhasli |
| Area | |
• Total | 40.7 km2 (15.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 595 m (1,952 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 4,621 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 3860 |
| SFOS number | 0785 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-BE |
| Surrounded by | Brienz, Brienzwiler, Grindelwald, Hasliberg, Innertkirchen, Lungern (OW), Schattenhalb |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Meiringen (German pronunciation: [ˈmaɪrɪŋən]) is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Besides the village of Meiringen, the municipality includes the settlements of Balm, Brünigen, Eisenbolgen, Hausen, Prasti, Sand, Stein, Unterbach, Unterheidon, Wylerli and Zaun. The municipal coat of arms shows a black eagle in a yellow field. ("Or an Eagle displayed Sable crowned, beaked, langued and membered of the first."[3]) Formerly the coat of arms of the entire Oberhasli Talschaft, this design continues the imperial coat of arms.[4]
Meiringen is famous for the nearby Reichenbach Falls, a waterfall that was the setting for the final showdown between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis Professor Moriarty.[5] The village is also known for its claim to have been the place where meringue was first created.[6]
- ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "Meiringen commune (Bern canton, Switzerland)". Flags of the World.com. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
- ^ Wappenscheibe of 1680: Veröffentlichungen aus dem Stadtarchiv Innsbruck, 1988, p. 405. Gerhard Winterberger, Alexandre Jetzer, Ordo et libertas, 1982, p. 15. Die Rechtsquellen des Kantons Bern: Rechte der Landschaft, H. R. Sauerländer & Company, 1984, p. xxxii.
- ^ "Sherlock Holmes success no mystery". swissinfo.ch. 19 May 2006. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- ^ "Meringue" (in German). Municipality of Meiringen. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
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