Wetterhorn
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 Grindelwald with the Wetterhorn in winter |
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| height | 3692 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Bernese Oberland , Switzerland | |
| Mountains | Bernese Alps ( Finsteraarhorn Group ) | |
| Dominance | 0.81 km → Mittelhorn | |
| Notch height | 213 m ↓ weather saddle | |
| Coordinates | 651 956 / 165703 | |
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| First ascent | August 31, 1844 by Melchior Bannholzer and Joh. Jaun | |
| Normal way | Weather saddle (either from the Dossenhütte or from the Glecksteinhütte ) - SE flank - Wetterhorn | |
 Wetterhorn (right) from the northeast from Schwandboden |
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The Wetterhorn is a mountain peak in the Bernese Alps ( Western Alps ) and has an altitude of 3692 m above sea level. It can be found in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland above Grindelwald or Rosenlaui .
The Wetterhorn was climbed for the first time on August 31, 1844 by Melchior Bannholzer and Joh. Jaun .
From 1908 to 1915, the first passenger cable car in Switzerland was in operation at the foot of the Wetterhorn : the Wetterhorn elevator .
The term Wetterhorn covers the three peaks of the Wetterhorn, Mittelhorn ( 3704 m , the main summit in terms of height) and Rosenhorn ( 3689 m ).
Gustav Hausmann : View of the Wetterhorn, oil painting , dated 1876
Look at the weather Horn from Rotstock from
literature
- Two artist favorites of the Bernese Oberland . In: The Gazebo . Volume 2, 1878, pp. 40 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
Web links
- Joseph Anton Koch: Reichenbachtal with Wetterhorn
- Wetterhorn on summitpost
- Wetterhorn at Peakware (English)