Reichenbachtal is an Alpine valley in

Oberhasli The Oberhasli is a historical '' Landvogtei'' or '' Talschaft'' in the Bernese Highlands, Switzerland, bordering on the cantons of Obwalden (OW), Nidwalden (NW), Uri (UR) and Wallis (VS). From 1833 to 2009, Oberhasli was incorporated as th ...

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. It is situated within the municipality of

Schattenhalb Schattenhalb is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli (administrative district), Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Bern in Switzerland. The muni ...

, connecting

Meiringen Meiringen () 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, ...

with the

Grosse Scheidegg The Grosse Scheidegg is a mountain pass in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, The pass crosses the col between the Schwarzhorn and the Wetterhorn mountains at an elevation of . The pass is traversed by a road connecting the town of Meiringen, ...

pass towards

Grindelwald Grindelwald is a village and Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli (administrative district), Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Berne. In additio ...

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

Aare The Aare () or Aar () is the main tributary of the High Rhine (its discharge even exceeds that of the latter at their confluence) and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland. Its total length from its source to i ...

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 The Wetterhorn (3,690 m) is a peak in the Swiss Alps towering above the village of Grindelwald. Formerly known as Hasle Jungfrau, it is one of three summits on a mountain named the "Wetterhörner", the highest of which is the Mittelhorn (3,70 ...

(3,692 m), the

Engelhörner The Grosses Engelhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located west of Innertkirchen in the Bernese Oberland The Bernese Oberland (; ; ), sometimes also known as the Bernese Highlands, is the highest and southernmost part of the canton of Bern ...

(2,782 m), the Wellhorn (3,191 m), besides the

Rosenlaui Glacier The Rosenlaui Glacier () is a 5-km-long glacier (as of 2005) in the Bernese Alps in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of 6.14 km2. Johann Heinrich Müller, 1825-1894 H19 Rosenlauigletscher.JPG, Rosenlaui Glacier c. ...

. Also east of the valley is the Rosenlouwi Gorge, a deep and narrow gorge formed by the meltwater of the

, 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

. 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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