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Opened on May 5, 2017. Two tracks, each with a length of 1,607.6 feet (490.0 m), a top speed of 24.9 mph (40.1 km/h), and a boarding height of 82 feet (25 m). Unlike the majority of summer toboggans, this attraction is built on an elevated, man-made surface, and has no rider-controlled braking. [3]
Grindelwald was first mentioned in 1146 as Grindelwalt. [3] This designation is probably derived from the Old High German words "grintil" (bar, barrier) and "walt" (forest), thus describing the nature of the valley. According to a legend, the name Grindelwald comes from two monks of the Interlaken Monastery. After exploring the Lütschinen ...
The first form of summer toboggan was the alpine slide, which started in its present form in the 1970s. Josef Wiegand had envisioned the idea of creating a roller coaster ride for ski resorts that would take advantage of the topography of the land, rather than building a structure to create the elevation changes that traditional roller coasters required.
In 1970 the last landlords, the Kreutz family, sold the property to the construction company Adolf Braun, who transformed it, with the help of wildlife biologists, into a wildlife park. The park opened its doors in 1974. In 1979, a chair lift and two summer toboggan runs were added, one of which was roofed in 1989.
View to the valley, in the background Wetterhorn and Schreckhorn View towards the summit Near Grindelwald Grund in summer A view from the gondola in winter. The Grindelwald–Männlichen gondola cableway (German: Gondelbahn Grindelwald-Männlichen, GGM) is a gondola cableway linking Grindelwald with Männlichen.
Canadian child carrying his modern toboggan, December 2010. The Toboggan Party, Rideau Hall, illuminated composite photograph from Lady Dufferin's personal album. c. 1872–1875. Toboggan was originally an Algonquian term for a type of man-hauled cargo sledge made from bark, hardwood or whalebone, and deer or buffalo hide. [3]
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]
Fantastic Beasts is a film series directed by David Yates and a spin-off prequel to the Harry Potter novel and film series.The series is distributed by Warner Bros and consists of three fantasy films, beginning with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), and following with Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022).