Reichenbachtal is an Alpine valley in Oberhasli,

canton of Berne The canton of Bern or Berne (german: Kanton Bern; rm, Chantun Berna; french: canton de Berne; it, Canton Berna) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland. ...

, Switzerland. It is situated within the municipality of

Schattenhalb Schattenhalb is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The municipality includes the settlements of Willigen, Geissholz, Falcheren and Lüögen. History The municipality was cr ...

, connecting Meiringen with the Grosse Scheidegg pass towards

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. Its water, the Rychenbach, forms the Reichenbach Fall before joining the

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at Meiringen. Rosenlaui is the highest settlement in the valley, situated approximately halfway up, at 1,328 m above sea level. The valley is also known as ''Rosenlauital'' after the settlement. Rosenlaui hotel is among the oldest in the region, bearing testimony to the early boom of

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in the mid 19th century. On the eastern side of the valley rise the Wetterhorn (3,692 m), the Engelhörner (2,782 m), the Wellhorn (3,191 m), besides the Rosenlaui Glacier. Also east of the valley is the Rosenlouwi Gorge, a deep and narrow gorge formed by the meltwater of the Rosenlaui Glacier, accessible by a 500 m footpath. Further up the valley lies Schwarzwaldalp, marking the end of the public section of the road over the pass of the Grosse Scheidegg. The road beyond is, however, used by a

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service over the pass to

. Bus services operate between May and October, with four or more buses a day depending on time of year.

References

External links

* *http://www.rosenlaui.ch/ (hotel homepage) *http://www.rosenlauischlucht.ch/ (Rosenlaui Glacier homepage)
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