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Interlaken is the central town of a Small Agglomeration with the same name of 23,300 inhabitants. [3] The official language of Interlaken is German, [note 1] but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect, Bernese German.
Lauterbrunnen was first mentioned in 1240 as "in claro fonte", a Romance language place name meaning "clear spring". [citation needed] By 1253, it was known to German speakers as Liuterbrunnon; the town had an alternate spelling of Luterbrunnen by 1268. [4]
Interlaken, California, a town in Santa Cruz County; Interlaken, New Jersey, a borough in Monmouth County; Interlaken, New York, a village in the Finger Lakes Region; Interlaken, Utah, a town in Wasatch County; Interlochen, Michigan, a settlement in Grand Traverse County Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, Michigan
Grindelwald is a village and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Berne.In addition to the village of Grindelwald, the municipality also includes the settlements of Alpiglen, Burglauenen, Grund, Itramen, Mühlebach, Schwendi, Tschingelberg and Wargistal.
The viewpoint offers extensive views across Interlaken, the alluvial land called Bödeli, and southwards up the valley of the river Lütschine to the high peaks of the Bernese Alps, whilst itself forming part of the Emmental Alps. [1] Harderkulm is occupied by the castle-like Bergrestaurant Harder Kulm and adjoining observation platform.
This combined with other reports and alpine paintings started the tourism industry in the Bernese Oberland. By 1800 there were resorts on Lake Thun and Lake Brienz (especially at Interlaken between the two lakes). Shortly thereafter the resorts expanded into the alpine valleys (Lauterbrunnen, Grindelwald), and began attracting English guests.
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The Jungfrau Region (German: Jungfrauregion) is a region of the Bernese Oberland, at the foot of the Bernese Alps.It consists of two valleys south of Interlaken: that of Grindelwald and that of Lauterbrunnen, both drained by the Lütschine.