Lauterbrunnen Valley, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
Art 1890 1900 with a large collection in the area of european landscape Lauterbrunnen is a municipality in the district of Interlaken in the canton of Bern in Switzerland The municipality lies in the Lauterbrunnen Valley and comprises the villages Lauterbrunnen Wengen Mürren Gimmelwald Stechelberg and Isenfluh The population of the Lauterbrunnen village is less than that of Wengen but greater than that of the others According to locals the name Lauterbrunnen is a combination of lauter meaning many and brunnen meaning spring fountain or well However there is considerable dispute about the meaning of lauter with some translating it as louder and others as clear bright or clean The river Weisse Lütschine flows through Lauterbrunnen and overflows its banks about once a year The source of the river comes from melting snow high in the mountains thus making it a very pure and clean source of water It is common practice in the camp sites to chill drinks in the water Johann Wolfgang von Goethe s poem Gesang der Geister über den Wassern literal translation song of the spirits above the waters was written while he stayed at the parish house near the Staubbach Falls waterfall in Lauterbrunnen The Lauterbrunnen valley also provided the pictorial model for J R R Tolkien s sketches and watercolors of the fictitious valley of Rivendell and possibly also the name of the Bruinen river meaning Loudwater which flowed through it Lauterbrunnen lies at the bottom of a hanging or U shaped valley The shape of which is best viewed from above in Wengen or from the cable car gondola to Grütschalp
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