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Wengen is in the middle foreground with Lauterbrunnen in the valley below ; on the far side of the valley is the Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen – Mürren | Mürren cableway from Lauterbrunnen to Grütschalp.
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* June 20 – The Wengernalpbahn railway in Wengen, Switzerland ( Canton of Bern ) is opened.
* 1995 Wengen station is rebuilt to include a freight delivery terminal.
* 2009 The track is lifted on the old line between Lauterbrunnen and Wengen.
The busiest stretch of railway runs from Lauterbrunnen to Wengen as this is also used to transport goods to traffic-free Wengen.
The population of the Lauterbrunnen village is less than that of Wengen, but greater than that of the others.
In winter, Kleine Scheidegg is the centre of the ski area around Grindelwald and Wengen.
Wengen is a village in the Bernese Oberland in the canton of Bern, located in central Switzerland at an elevation of 1274 m ( 4180 ft .) above sea level, and is part of the Jungfrauregion.
Wengen is serviced by the Rack railway system Wengernalpbahn ( WAB ), and the village is accessible directly from Lauterbrunnen, or by train from Grindelwald via Kleine Scheidegg, as well as by a series of gondola lifts from Grindelwald via Mannlichen.
The rail service from Lauterbrunnen to Wengen railway station runs daily from early in the morning until very late at night and is the most intensively operated section of the Wengernalpbahn.
Wengen hosts the internationally well-known Lauberhorn ski races, and it is on the route of the Jungfrau Marathon.
Wengen is also the home of The Downhill Only Club, one of the oldest British alpine ski clubs, founded there in 1925.
The Lauberhorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, located between Wengen and Grindelwald, north of the Kleine Scheidegg.
The mountain is best known as the site of the Lauberhorn alpine ski races (), held annually above Wengen in the Bernese Oberland.
* The course's starting elevation is 7595 feet ( 2315 m ) above sea level ; it descends 3363 vertical feet ( 1025 m ) to the finish at 4232 feet ( 1290 m ) in Wengen.
Phil Mahre is the only U. S. racer to take the slalom event at Wengen, winning in 1982.
The Wengernalp is an alpine meadow at an elevation of 1874 m, between Wengen and Kleine Scheidegg in the Swiss Alps.
Mürren is situated within the canton of Bern, in the district of Interlaken and belongs to the political commune of Lauterbrunnen, together with the districts of Wengen, Isenfluh, Gimmelwald, Stechelberg and Lauterbrunnen.
The village is connected by the Luftseilbahn Stechelberg-Mürren-Schilthorn ( LSMS ), an aerial tramway, to the car-free skiing and hiking villages of Gimmelwald, Mürren and the Schilthorn, and over on the other side of the valley above the cliffs sits the car free village and resort of Wengen.
* June 20 – The Wengernalpbahn mountain railway in Wengen, Switzerland ( Canton of Bern ) is opened.
Wengen and with
Locomotive 32 pushes a freight train approaching Wengen with the old original line just visible approaching the new one.
* La Val, a commune in South Tyrol, Italy with the German name " Wengen "
Guesthouses and hotels began to be built in the mid-19th century, with the opening of the Launerhaus in 1859, with accommodation for 30 guests, and in 1880 the Pension Wengen was available to 100 guests.
By 1903 Wengen had an Anglican Church and two years later, Sir Henry Lunn formed the Public Schools Alpine Sports Club with Wengen as a destination ski area for the members.
Also during this period, Lunn invented, and introduced in Wengen, the first slalom race, in which skiers followed the terrain through the trees, replaced with ski gates in later years.
Together with villages of Mürren, Isenfluh, Gimmelwald, Stechelberg and Lauterbrunnen, Wengen forms the political commune of Lauterbrunnen.
Gimmelwald, together with Wengen, Mürren, Isenfluh, Stechelberg, and Lauterbrunnen, belongs to the municipality of Lauterbrunnen.
In 1973, Isenfluh, together with Wengen, Muerren, Gimmelwald, Stechelberg and Lauterbrunnen, became part of the municipality of Lauterbrunnen.
In 1981, he started to make significant progress with his first podium ( top-three finish ) in Wengen, Switzerland, and from that moment was in contention for slalom and giant slalom podiums on a regular basis.
* 1965 Garden for Haus Rentsch ( with architect Richard Neutra ), Wengen, Bern canton, Switzerland
In 1902, he organised his first inclusive tours at Adelboden and Wengen, Switzerland, which started the trend for British visitors to combine a religious / health retreat with winter sports.
Wengen and Lauterbrunnen
Opening of the longer but less steep Lauterbrunnen to Wengen route on 7 July.
* 2007 Plans are announced to decommission and dismantle the old line between Lauterbrunnen and Wengen because of the steep gradient of 25 % and the geological security risks.
* 2011 New double track loop opened between Wengen and Allmend allowing the introduction of a clock-face timetable between Lauterbrunnen and Kleine Scheidegg.
Between Lauterbrunnen and Wengen, trains run all year every half hour until early evening, followed by an hourly service.
The train into the mountain leaves from Kleine Scheidegg, which can be reached by trains from Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen via Wengen.
The municipality lies in the Lauterbrunnen Valley and comprises the villages Lauterbrunnen, Wengen, Mürren, Gimmelwald, Stechelberg, and Isenfluh.
The well known hiking and ski resorts in the eastern Oberland are located around Interlaken and the Jungfrau, such as car-free Mürren and Wengen in the Lauterbrunnen valley, and Grindelwald.
The Wengernalpbahn has two branches: one begins at Grindelwald ; the other commences at Lauterbrunnen and climbs to the pass via Wengen.
There are approximately 40 services between Lauterbrunnen to Wengen every day.
Every day one or two goods trains goes from Lauterbrunnen to Wengen and back carrying large items such as furniture.
The view from the tram and from Mannlechin above, affords clear vistas of Wengen and much of Lauterbrunnen Valley and small villages.
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