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Wengen is a carfree village in the Bernese
Oberland. It belongs to the Jungfrauregion tourist area, along with the
UNESCO world heritage site of Jungfrau.
It is reachable by the Wengernalpbahn from Lauterbrunnen. Wengen has 1,400
inhabitants, in the winter high season, however, there are more than 10,000
visitors and in the summer season, about 5,000.
Nearby are the Jungfrau and the village of
the Lauberhorn.
Wengen possesses a beautiful reformed church, constructed in 1953, which
stands under monument protection. Wengen has also an English and a Catholic
church.
History
Wengen was mentioned for the first time in the year 1268 as "uf Wengen". The
origin of the name is not known.
The first tourists came into the 18th century on the through journey of
Lauterbrunnen over the Wengernalp and the Kleine Scheidegg Grindelwald at
into the mountain village of Wengen. In 1859 the first hotel in Wengen
opened. In the 1890s, the course was built on the Wengernalp, at that time
the most modern means of transport.
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