A report on Aare, Interlaken and Meiringen

The New Castle was built in 1746–50 on the site of the monastery's west wing

The people of Hasle swear allegiance to Bern in 1334 (depiction in the Spiezer Schilling, 1480s).

Höhenweg der Aarmühle nach Interlaken painting of Aarmühle by Jules-Louis-Frédéric Villeneuve from 1823

Photograph of Interlaken and the Jungfrau from the late 19th century

Rudenz, a residential street in Meiringen

At the "Wasserschloss", where the rivers Aare, Reuss and Limmat flow together

Aerial view of Interlaken (as seen from the west) located at the southern bank of the Aare (picture: on the left side), and Unterseen on the northern bank of the Aare, Matten b. I. south, right next to Interlaken, Bönigen right on Lake Brienz' end shore in the background, and Lake Thun in the foreground; the valley of the Lütschine is in shadow to the right with Wilderswil still in the sun.

The convergence of the Aare and the Rhine at Koblenz

Hotels on the Höheweg; roughly a quarter of all jobs in Interlaken are in hotels or restaurants

The town is located on the flat alluvial land called Bödeli between two lakes, Brienz to the east and Thun to the west, and alongside the river Aare, which flows between them.

- Interlaken

Meiringen is located in the eastern Bernese Oberland region, in the Haslital on the upper reaches of the river Aare, upstream of Lake Brienz.

- Meiringen

A little past Meiringen, near Brienz, the river expands into Lake Brienz.

- Aare

It then runs across the swampy plain of the Bödeli (Swiss German diminutive for ground) between Interlaken and Unterseen before flowing into Lake Thun.

- Aare

Meiringen is served by Meiringen station on the Brünig line, a narrow-gauge railway from Interlaken to Lucerne.

- Meiringen

Besides being the terminal of the Thunersee line, Interlaken Ost is also the terminus of the Zentralbahn's Brünig line to Brienz, Meiringen and Luzern, with onward connections to north-eastern Switzerland.

- Interlaken

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Canton of Bern

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One of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation.

Helveto-Roman settlement Bern-Engehalbinsel

Burgundian and Allamanni lands between 534 and 843

Lands held by the main noble families around 1200

The Swiss Confederacy before the Battle of Sempach (1387)

The Swiss Confederacy in the 18th century

The districts of the Bernese Aargau before the creation of the Canton of Aargau

Districts of the Canton of Bern in the 18th Century

Map of the modern Canton of Vaud, which was annexed by Bern from 1536 until 1798

Siege and execution of the garrison at Grandson

View from the Chasseral across the Mittelland to the Bernese Alps

Wetterhorn, painting by Joseph Anton Koch, 1824

The Grand Council, the cantonal parliament

Capital city of Bern with the Aare, Gothic Nydeggkirche on left

The canton is also renowned for its numerous Alpine resort towns, notably Interlaken and Gstaad.

During the neolithic period, there were a number of settlements on the shores of Lake Biel, the Toteisbecken (Lobsigensee, Moossee, Burgäschisee and Inkwilersee) and along rivers (Aare, Zihl).

Bern's victory allowed them to bring the Oberhasli region, its capital of Meiringen and Weissenburg under their control.

View from the summit of the pass looking north over the Grimselsee, Grimsel Hospice and Räterichsbodensee

Grimsel Pass

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View from the summit of the pass looking east with Gletsch in the valley below, and the Furka Pass climbing the opposite side

The Grimsel Pass (Grimselpass; Col du Grimsel; Passo del Grimsel) is a mountain pass in Switzerland, crossing the Bernese Alps at an elevation of 2164 m. The pass connects the Haslital, the upper valley of the river Aare, with the upper valley of the Rhône.

A paved road follows the pass, running 38 km from Gletsch to Meiringen.

In 1397, the Landschaften of Pomat, Goms and Hasli, and the cities of Interlaken, Thun and Bern, signed an agreement in which it was agreed to provide for free and secure trade by the mule track over the Grimsel.