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Gletsch () is a hamlet in the German-speaking half of the canton of Valais, located in the upper Rhone valley, called Obergoms ('Upper Goms'), , southeast below the Rhone Glacier's mouth and itself the headwaters of the Rhône. It is called Gletsch (some short of ''Gletscher'', the German term for glacier), since the first building was the predecessor of the ''Hôtel Glacier du Rhône'' (c. 1860) built more or less just next to the glacier's mouth in 1830.
It belongs to the municipality of Obergoms.
Gletsch lies at the crossroads of the Grimsel Pass (leading to the Bernese Oberland) and the Furka Pass (leading to Andermatt, the central Swiss transport cross, and eventually either to Central Switzerland, or the Grisonian
Gletsch () is a hamlet in the German-speaking half of the canton of Valais, located in the upper Rhone valley, called Obergoms ('Upper Goms'), , southeast below the Rhone Glacier's mouth and itself the headwaters of the Rhône. It is called Gletsch (some short of ''Gletscher'', the German term for glacier), since the first building was the predecessor of the ''Hôtel Glacier du Rhône'' (c. 1860) built more or less just next to the glacier's mouth in 1830.
It belongs to the municipality of Obergoms.
Gletsch lies at the crossroads of the Grimsel Pass (leading to the Bernese Oberland) and the Furka Pass (leading to Andermatt, the central Swiss transport cross, and eventually either to Central Switzerland, or the Grisonian Surselva
Surselva Region is one of the eleven administrative districts in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the canton.Ticino). The Gletsch railway station is operated by the Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway.
Gletsch on Obergoms.ch
Villages in Valais {{Valais-geo-stub
References
*Swisstopo
Swisstopo is the official name for the Swiss Federal Office of Topography (in German language, German: ''Bundesamt für Landestopografie''; French language, French: ''Office fédéral de topographie''; Italian language, Italian: ''Ufficio fed ...
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*Gletsch on Obergoms.ch
Villages in Valais {{Valais-geo-stub