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Gemeinde Grindelwald GRINDELWALD AM SCHÖNSTEN IN SEINER WIRKLICHKEIT. WER HIER WOHNT WEISS ES – WER UNS BESUCHT, ERLEBT ES. AT ITS MOST BEAUTIFUL IN REALITY. THOSE WHO LIVE HERE KNOW IT – THOSE WHO VISIT EXPERIENCE IT. INFOBROSCHÜRE INFORMATION BOOKLET SEITEN PAGES 08 & 09 SEITE PAGE 39 Sutter Druck AG Grindelwald Tourismus Schweizerische Mobiliar Asset Management AG SEITEN PAGES 13,14,15,16 & 17 IMPRESSUM Gemeinde Grindelwald VORWORT SEITEN PAGES 40 & 41 Gemeinde Grindelwald SEITE PAGE 18 IMPRINT Grindelwald Tourismus Jungfraubahnen Management AG INTRODUCTION grindelwaldSPORTS / Ralph Gantzhorn Golf Grindelwald SEITEN PAGES 24 & 25 Jungfraubahnen Management AG TC Grindelwald INHALT & REDAKTION CONTENT & EDITORIAL Symbolbild Gemeinde Grindelwald Einwohnergemeinde Grindelwald SEITEN PAGES 26 & 27 www.gemeinde-grindelwald.ch Marianne Tiefenbach SEITE PAGE 42 Jungfraubahnen Management AG LIEBE GRINDELWALDERINNEN & GRINDELWALDER DEAR GRINDELWALDER, LAYOUT & DRUCK LAYOUT & PRINT SEITE PAGE 28 LIEBE GÄSTE, BEKANNTE & FREUNDE DEAR GUESTS, FRIENDS AND VISITORS BASEL ZÜRICH Sutter Druck AG, Grindelwald Verein Eigerness SEITE PAGE 43 Symbolbild Gemeinde Grindelwald Sind Sie Einwohnerin bzw. Einwohner von Grindel- Are you a resident of Grindelwald? Or have you www.sutterdruck.ch LUZERN wald? Oder hat es Sie als Gast nach Grindelwald ge- come here as a guest? We are certainly delighted to SEITE PAGE 30 BERNN SEITE PAGE 44 INTERLAKEN AUFLAGE & STAND EDITION & STATUS Jungfraubahnen Management AG CHUR zogen? Wir freuen uns jedenfalls sehr, dass Sie den welcome you here in our village by the glacier. The Verein Landart Grindelwald 2000 Expl. · Februar 2016 · 1. Auflage Weg hier in unser Gletscherdorf gefunden haben. main purpose of this brochure is to introduce you to SPIEZ 2000 copies · February 2016 · 1st edition SEITE PAGE 32 GRINDELWALD Mit dieser Broschüre möchten wir Ihnen Grindelwald Grindelwald and provide some useful information. SEITE PAGE 45 ST. Lengacher Althaus AG MORITZ einerseits etwas näher bringen und Sie mit hilfreichen That said, we also want to amaze you, even just a BRIG Museum Grindelwald LUGANO GENF Informationen versorgen. Andererseits möchten wir little. Did you know, for instance, that Grindelwald’s Gilde Schweizer Bergmaler BILDNACHWEIS PICTURE CREDITS SEITE PAGE 33 Sie aber auch ein wenig verblüffen können. Haben Sie current coat of arms was not introduced until 1994? Lengacher Althaus AG Sutter Druck AG TITELBILD COVER PICTURE beispielsweise gewusst, dass das heutige Wappen von Or that it in terms of the land it covers, Grindelwald Jungfraubahnen Management AG Chinderstuba Grindelwald Grindelwald erst 1994 eingeführt wurde? Oder dass is one of the twenty-five largest municipalities in SEITE PAGE 46 Grindelwald Tourismus Grindelwald flächenmässig zu den fünfundzwanzig Switzerland? SEITEN PAGES 04 & 05 SEITE PAGE 34 grössten Gemeinden der Schweiz gehört? Jugendarbeit Lütschinentäler JAL In particular, we look forward to making personal con- Geschichte History SEITE PAGE 47 Ganz speziell freuen wir uns jedoch auf Ihren per- tact with you, if at any time you need to make contact Sutter Druck AG Verein Internationale Lauberhornrennen SEITE PAGE 35 sönlichen Kontakt mit unserer Verwaltung, mit den with the administration, with the local government Wissenswertes General Information Jungfraubahnen Management AG Jungfraubahnen Management AG Jugendarbeit Lütschinentäler JAL Behörden in Grindelwald. Einfach immer dann, wenn authorities here in Grindelwald, whenever it is neces- dies nötig wird oder Sie es wünschen. sary, or if you have something you wish to discuss. Familienleben Home life Lengacher Althaus AG SEITE PAGE 48 Jungfraubahnen Management AG Verein Landart Grindelwald Über Grindelwald gibt es definitiv sehr viel Interes- Clearly there are plenty of interesting things to say Freizeit Leisure SEITE PAGE 36 Eigerness / Speedy Füllemann santes zu berichten und trotzdem ist Grindelwald or write about Grindelwald, but the town is still at its Jungfraubahnen Management AG Jungfraubahnen Management AG Grindelwald Tourismus immer noch am schönsten in seiner Wirklichkeit. Wer most beautiful when experienced in reality. Those Verein Running Grindelwald hier wohnt, weiss es – wer uns besucht, erlebt es! who live here know it – those who visit experience it. SEITE PAGE 06 SEITE PAGE 38 Eiger Bike-Challenge Sutter Druck AG Grindelwald Tourismus, Stefan Hunziker Sutter Druck AG Einwohnergemeinde Grindelwald The Municipality of Grindelwald GRINDELWALD 03 INHALT INHALT CONTENT CONTENT 07 19 31 37 ENTSTEHUNG & LAGE GRINDELWALD IN ZAHLEN SCHULE & BETREUUNG SPORT & FREIZEIT ORIGIN & LOCATION FACTS & FIGURES SCHOOL & CHILD CARE SPORTS & LEISURE WICHTIGE EREIGNISSE POLITIK & VERWALTUNG KINDER & JUGENDLICHE AUSGEHEN & GASTRONOMIE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS POLITICS & PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE EVENING PROGRAMME & GASTRONOMY TOURISMUS TOURISM PERSÖNLICHKEITEN KULTUR CULTURE GESCHICHTE PERSONALITIES WISSENSWERTES LANDWIRTSCHAFT & BERGSCHAFTEN FAMILIENLEBEN FREIZEIT AGRICULTURE & ALPS CORPORATION EVENTS EVENTS HISTORY GENERAL INFORMATION EIGERNESS ORIGINAL GRINDELWALD HOME LIFE LEISURE 04 GRINDELWALD GRINDELWALD 05 GESCHICHTE HISTORY Wann ist Grindelwald entstanden und wie kam die When did Grindelwald come into existence, and Ortschaft zu ihrem Namen? Wer waren die ersten where did it get its name? Who were the first settlers, Siedler und wann waren die Anfänge von Grindel- and when did Grindelwald first emerge as a tourist wald als Tourismusort? Welche Ereignisse prägten destination? What are the most striking events in the das Gletscherdorf und wer waren die bekanntesten history of the village by the glacier, and who have Persönlichkeiten? Antworten auf diese und weitere been its most famous residents? You will find an- Fragen zur Geschichte von Grindelwald erfahren Sie swers to this and other questions on the history of in diesem Kapitel. Grindelwald in the following section. 06 GRINDELWALD GRINDELWALD 07 ENTSTEHUNG & LAGE ORIGIN & LOCATION ENTSTEHUNG ORTSNAME GEOGRAFISCHE LAGE DIE ERSTEN SIEDLER GEMEINDEWAPPEN ORIGINS OF THE TOWN’S NAME GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION THE FIRST SETTLERS COAT OF ARMS Eine Sage erzählt, dass in alten Zeiten aus dem Kloster Grindelwald befindet sich im Berner Oberland im In keiner Urkunde werden die Namen der ersten Das Wappen mit der «in Silber aufsteigenden Gemse» Interlaken zwei Mönche in die Lütschinentäler gesandt Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli. Das Gemein- Siedler und in keiner Chronik der Zeitpunkt ihres Er- ist seit 1994 Gemeindewappen von Grindelwald. Bis wurden, um zu schauen, wie es dort aussehe. Bei der degebiet erstreckt sich vom Tal der Schwarzen Lüt- scheinens bekannt. Mit ziemlicher Sicherheit waren 1993 entsprach es mit seiner rot-weiss-roten Un- Rückkehr berichtete einer von einem Gebiet, in dem es schine über imposante Gebirgs- und Gletscherland- die ersten Bewohner des Grindelwaldtales Bergkel- terteilung exakt der Landesflagge von Österreich. nur «Grinde, Wald, Felsköpfe und Waldgebiete» gegeben schaften bis zu den umliegenden Gipfeln wie das ten gewesen, die im ersten nachchristlichen Jahrtau- Dies geht zurück auf historische Vorkommnisse im habe. Nach Sprachforschern erklärt sich der Name Grin- Wetterhorn, die Schreckhörner, die Fiescherhörner send über die beiden Scheideggen einwanderten. 14. Jahrhundert. Damals wurden die Ländereien delwald wie folgt: das alt-deutsch-keltische Wort «grin- und den Eiger – um nur einige Wenige zu nennen. Das des Klosters Interlaken unter habsburgisch-öster- del» bezeichnete ein Stück Holz, das einer Abschrankung, Dorf Grindelwald, das zu den wichtigsten Ferienor- There exist no deeds or chronicles to tell the tale reichische Oberhoheit gestellt. Bereits um die letzte einer Absperrung diente. Der «grintel» Wald wäre somit ten der Jungfrau Region zählt, liegt auf 1’050 m.ü.M. of the first settlers or when they put down their Jahrhundertwende trat einmal ein Wappen mit einer eine waldige Talschaft, die von der übrigen Welt abgerie- und ist von Interlaken mit der Berner Oberlandbahn roots. It seems almost certain, though, that the first Gemse in Erscheinung. Doch erst mit dem Beschluss gelt ist. Ein Umstand, der für Grindelwald bis zur Öffnung in rund einer halben Stunde erreichbar. residents of Grindelwald valley were mountain Celts der Gemeindeversammlung im Dezember 1993 kam der Wege entlang der Lütschine weitgehend zutraf. migrating steadily inward via the two Scheidegg Grindelwald zu einem Wappen mit eigener Identität. Grindelwald is situated in the administrative district mountain passes over the first millennium AD. Die sieben Sterne stehen für die sieben Bergschaften. There is a legend that two monks were dispatched to the of Interlaken-Oberhasli in the Bernese Oberland. valleys of the river Lütschine. One of them sent back word The municipal district stretches across breath-tak- The coat of arms with its 'silver chamois ascending' has of an area entirely covered in forests, rocky outcrops and ing mountains and stunning glacier landscapes from adorned the municipality of Grindelwald since 1994. woodlands. The word he used was ‘grindel’, which has its the Black Lütschine valley to the surrounding sum- The red-white-red stripes used until 1993 were identical origins in old German and Celtic languages and means a mits like the Wetterhorn, the Fiescherhörner and the to the Austrian flag. Their origins date back to the 14th piece of wood. The ‘grintel’ forest was an expanse of val- Eiger – to name but a few. The village of Grindelwald, century and it
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