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Les Crosets shooting: A man armed with a handgun shot and killed his pregnant wife, her brother and seriously wounded her mother before killing himself. [59] 12 April 2007: Baden: Canton of Aargau: 1 4 5: A man entered a hotel and opened fire, killing one person and wounding four. The shooter was arrested. [60] 6 March 2009: Carouge: Canton of ...
The name Jungfrau ("maiden, virgin"), which refers to the highest of the three prominent mountains overlooking the Interlaken region, along with the Mönch ("monk") and the Eiger ("ogre"), is most likely derived from the name Jungfrauenberg given to Wengernalp, the alpine meadow directly facing the huge northern side of the Jungfrau, across the Trummelbach gorge.
Website. www.lauterbrunnen.ch SFSO statistics. Lauterbrunnen is a village and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The municipality comprises the other villages of Wengen, Mürren, Gimmelwald, Stechelberg, and Isenfluh, as well as several other hamlets.
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 . The Jungfrau Region is named after the highest mountain in the area: the Jungfrau.
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 Jungfrau is visible in the background. Wengen (German pronunciation: [ˈvɛŋən] ⓘ) is a mountain village in the Bernese Oberland of central Switzerland. Located in the canton of Bern at an elevation of 1,274 m (4,180 ft) above sea level, it is part of the Jungfrauregion and has approximately 1,300 year-round residents, which swells to ...
It cannot be reached by public road. It is also one of the popular tourist spots in Switzerland, and summer and winter are the seasons when Mürren becomes busy with tourists. The village features a view of the three towering mountains Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau. Mürren has a year-round population of 450, but has 2,000 hotel beds.
Tracy Glantz/tglantz@thestate.com. Two Wedgefield men have been arrested in connection with a hotel shooting that left two people dead last month, the Sumter Police Department announced Friday. At ...