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Waterfall Waterfall · Jungfrau Region · 834 m

Reichenbachfall - Meiringen

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Der Reichenbachfall (auch Rychenbachfall) ist eine 300 Meter hohe Kaskade von sieben Wasserfällen im Verlauf des Reichenbachs auf dem Gebiet der Gemeinde Schattenhalb südlich von Meiringen im Kanton Bern in der Schweiz. Er ist bekannt vom dramatischen Ende der Kurzgeschichte Das letzte Problem von Arthur Conan Doyle.

Der Detektiv der nicht Sterben durfte!

Sherlock Holmes und dessen Schöpfer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gehören zu Meiringen wie der Föhn. Als der Schriftsteller des Pfeife schmauchenden Meisterdetektivs müde wurde, plante er den Tod seines Helden. In der Erzählung «Sein letzter Fall» sollte es geschehen! Sherlock Holmes traf am Rychenbachfall auf seinen Widersacher Professor Moriarty. In einem wilden Ringkampf stürzten beide 200 m in die Tiefe und fanden dabei einen nassen Tod… Der Autor hatte seine Rechnung jedoch ohne die Leserschaft gemacht. Die empörten Sherlock-Holmes-Fans veranstalteten einen derartigen Wirbel, dass sich Sir Arthur gezwungen sah, seinen Romanhelden wieder auferstehen zu lassen. Er liess Holmes sich an einem (tatsächlich vorhandenen) Felsvorsprung festklammern, während sein Gegenpart in den Abgrund stürzte. Seit diesem Ereignis ist Sherlock Holmes allgegenwärtig in dieser Gegend: Denkmal am «Conan-Doyle-Place», Museum in der Englischen Kirche und Sherlock-Holmes-Weg zum Rychenbachfall.

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2'656'956E 1'173'907N
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46.713936, 8.183538
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46°42'50.2"N 8°11'00.7"E
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Reichenbachfall - Meiringen


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