Murren
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 Switzerland
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| Canton : |
 Bern (BE)
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| Administrative district : | Interlaken-Oberhasli |
| Residential municipality : | Lauterbrunnen |
| Postal code : | 3825 |
| Coordinates : | 634 781 / 156563 |
| Height : | 1650 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 10.5 km² |
| Residents: | 377 (March 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 36 inhabitants per km² |
| Website: | www.muerren.ch |
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Mürren , in the local dialect Mirren, is a village in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland . It is car-free and is 1650 m above sea level. Its also car-free neighboring town of Gimmelwald is 2.3 kilometers to the south. From Mürren you have a good view of the Eiger , Mönch and Jungfrau . The place is a good starting point for hikes in summer and a well-developed winter sports area with the steepest ski slope in the region. 429 residents are at home here; the hotel capacity is 2000 beds for guests.
Also known is the Schilthorn with its Piz Gloria revolving restaurant , where the Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service was filmed.
Mürren has its own school and two churches, one English or Reformed and one Roman Catholic .
history
Mürren was settled like Lauterbrunnen, but in contrast to the rest of the Bernese Oberland from the Valais and was first documented as a mudslide in 1257 . In 1345 it was called Murn . The barons of Wädenswil had rights to the land and people here. In 1275 the whole thing fell to Peter vom Thurn and then to the Interlaken Monastery .
Mürren hosted the Alpine World Ski Championships in 1931 and 1935 . The longest downhill ski race in the world for professionals and amateurs, the Inferno Race, takes place in Mürren every winter . Every year in August, Mürren is also the venue for the famous Inferno Triathlon , which ends on the Schilthorn .
traffic
You can reach Mürren from Lauterbrunnen with the Lauterbrunnen – Mürren (BLM) mountain railway or from Stechelberg with the LSMS cable car . The valley station of the Allmendhubelbahn (SMA) is also located in Mürren .
From 1894 to 1930, the Mürren horse-drawn tram carried hotel guests between the BLM train station and the “Grand Hotel and Kurhaus”.
politics
Mürren belongs together with Wengen , Isenfluh , Gimmelwald , Stechelberg and Lauterbrunnen to the political municipality Lauterbrunnen. The parish also includes the entire valley.
Residents
| year | 1783 | 1811 | 1900 | 1910 | 1930 | 1941 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 2006 | 2014 | 2018 | 2016 |
| Residents | 92 | 136 | 214 | 311 | 342 | 339 | 441 | 448 | 458 | 450 | 377 | 429 |
See also
photos
Murren in winter
Station "Sonnenberg" in spring
Look west
At the sports center and Hotel Alpin Palace
The LSMS cable car
Photo by Eduard Spelterini between 1893 and 1924
Grand Hotel des Alpes - Murren
literature
- Anne-Marie Dubler : Mürren. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Patrick Feuz (Ed.): Chandelier in front of the Virgin. Mürren - a tourism story . Here and Now, Baden 2014, ISBN 978-3-03919-310-3 .
- Hans Mans: Book of the Lauterbrunnen valley. 1240-1949 . Publishing house P. Ruch-Daulte Wengen, 1962.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.artasio.com: Steepest slope> Winter> Schilthorn | Schilthorn - Piz Gloria - Mürren. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 16, 2017 ; accessed on May 7, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Photo gallery. Walter Riml's estate, accessed on July 7, 2014 (photos from the shooting).
- ↑ About the shooting. Walter Riml's estate, accessed on July 7, 2014 (Schilthorn).
- ^ Lauterbrunnen Online: Community in numbers. Retrieved May 7, 2017 .
