- Gimmelwald
Gimmelwald is a small village in theBernese Oberland inSwitzerland , halfway up the mountain betweenStechelberg andMürren . TheSchilthorn cable car stops in Gimmelwald where it is possible to board another cable car which runs between Gimmelwald and Mürren.In addition to a shop that sells fresh cheeses, Gimmelwald also possesses its own school and firehouse. Farming and tourism are the main occupations. Farmers raise hay on tiny plots of land to feed small herds of cows. Gimmelwald has a few small hotels, bed & breakfasts and the 50-bed Gimmelwald Mountain Hostel.
The 2003 population of Gimmelwald was 130, most of whom have one of three family names: von Allmen, Feuz, or Brunner.
Traffic and accessibility
There is a walking path between Gimmelwald and
Mürren , but lacking connection to the main road system, the main transportation to Gimmelwald is the Luftseilbahn Stechelberg-Mürren-Schilthorn (LSMS)aerial tramway . The cable car travels down from Gimmelwald toStechelberg on the floor of theLauterbrunnen valley, where there is a bus to Lauterbrunnen where there are connections to the rest of Switzerland, and up to the town ofMürren and theSchilthorn .Politics
Gimmelwald, together with Wengen,
Mürren ,Isenfluh ,Stechelberg , andLauterbrunnen , belongs to the municipality ofLauterbrunnen . The parish, orKirchgemeinde , covers the entire valley.External links
* [http://www.gimmelwald.ch/ Gimmelwald tourism]
*wikitravel
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