Grindelwald

Municipality
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 46°37′N 8°02′E / 46.617°N 8.033°ECoordinates: 46°37′N 8°02′E / 46.617°N 8.033°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Interlaken-Oberhasli
Government
• Mayor	Emanuel Schlaeppi
Area
• Total	171.1 km2 (66.1 sq mi)
Elevation	1,034 m (3,392 ft)
Population (December 2002)
• Total	3,760
• Density	21.98/km2 (56.92/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	3818
Localities	Alpiglen, Grund, Itramen, Mühlebach, Schwendi, Tschingelberg, Wargistal
Surrounded by	Brienz, Brienzwiler, Fieschertal (VS), Guttannen, Innertkirchen, Iseltwald, Lauterbrunnen, Lütschental, Meiringen, Schattenhalb
Twin towns	Azumi, now Matsumoto (Japan)
Website	www.grindelwald.com ; SFSO statistics

Grindelwald is a municipality in the administrative district of Interlaken-Oberhasli in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is at the base of the railway to the Jungfraujoch.

Grindelwald

Grindelwald Media

A depiction of Grindelwald in the 18th century by Niklaus Sprüngli
1909 view of the valley from the Wetterhorn Elevator
The valley of Grindewald from First, with the major peaks (from left to right) of Wetterhorn, Schreckhorn, Gross Fiescherhorn and Eiger. Grindelwald is visible on the center right.
Alphorn Festival in Grindelwald area
Typically dispersed chalets with the Wetterhorn in background
New houses with buried garages under construction in Grindelwald
Jungfraubahn at Kleine Scheidegg with the Eiger and Mönch
Hotels on the Dorfstrasse. The local economy mostly depends on tourism.
The Eiger (right) and Fiescherhörner (left) from above Grindelwald in winter

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Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Grindelwald Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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Coordinates: 46°37′N 8°02′E / 46.617°N 8.033°E / 46.617; 8.033Coordinates: 46°37′N 8°02′E / 46.617°N 8.033°E / 46.617; 8.033
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Interlaken-Oberhasli
Government
• Mayor	Emanuel Schlaeppi
Area
• Total	171.1 km² (66.1 sq mi)
Elevation	1,034 m (3,392 ft)
Population (December 2002)
• Total	3,760
• Density	21.98/km² (56.92/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	3818
Localities	Alpiglen, Grund, Itramen, Mühlebach, Schwendi, Tschingelberg, Wargistal
Surrounded by	Brienz, Brienzwiler, Fieschertal (VS), Guttannen, Innertkirchen, Iseltwald, Lauterbrunnen, Lütschental, Meiringen, Schattenhalb
Twin towns	Azumi, now Matsumoto (Japan)
Website	www.grindelwald.com SFSO statistics