The Tschingel (2,326 m) is a
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...
of the
Bernese Alps
The Bernese Alps are a mountain range of the Alps located in western Switzerland. Although the name suggests that they are located in the Berner Oberland region of the canton of Bern, portions of the Bernese Alps are in the adjacent cantons of Va ...
, overlooking
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, ...
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. It is one of the canton's five administrative regions (in which context it is referred to as ''Oberland'' witho ...
. It constitutes the eastern end of the Grindelgrat, a ridge descending from the Garzen summit (2,710 m).
The summit is on the border between Meiringen and
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 ...
municipalities.
The toponym ''Tschingel'' or ''Zingel'' is comparatively frequent in Central Switzerland. It is a derivation of Latin ''
cingulum'' "girdle, belt" and refers to a horizontal band of naked rock, or
striations in a rock face.
[Weibel, Viktor (1976): Die Staffelung romanischer Elemente der innerschweizerischen Bergnamengebung. In: Beiträge zur Schweizer Namenkunde 14, 293-308.
Heinrich Schmid, 'An der Westgrenze des Rätoromanischen: verkappte Zeugen einstigen Romanentums im Linthgebiet und benachbarten Teilen der Innerschweiz, Vox Romanica 39 (1980), 155ff.; cited afte]
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References
External links
Tschingel on Hikr
Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Switzerland
Mountains of the canton of Bern
Two-thousanders of Switzerland
Meiringen
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