VENUE DESCRIPTION

Meiringen is a municipality in the district of Oberhasli in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Sights

The town is famous for the Reichenbach Falls, a spectacular water fall that was the setting for the fictional presumed death of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character Sherlock Holmes. A museum dedicated to Holmes is located in the basement of the deconsecrated English Church, located in what has now been named Conan Doyle Place.

The town is also known for its claim to have invented meringue.

History

Meiringen is first mentioned in 1234 as Magiringin.[1]

Geography

Meiringen in 1900

Meiringen has an area of 40.7 square kilometers (15.7 sq mi). Of this area, 44.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (16.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).