Handeck

Handeck Handegg
Village
Grimsel Pass road to Handeck
Coordinates: 46°37′N 8°18′E / 46.617°N 8.300°E / 46.617; 8.300
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Interlaken-Oberhasli
Municipality	Guttannen
Elevation	1,423 m (4,669 ft)

Handeck (Handegg) is a village on the Grimsel pass road in the municipality of Guttannen, Switzerland.^[1] The village is located near the lake Gelmersee, which may be reached by Gelmerbahn from Handeck. There is a hotel and bridge at the village.^[2]

Handeck is located approximately 75 kilometres (47 mi) east of Bern and 63 km (39 mi) northwest of Locarno. The trail is primarily used for hiking and walking.^[3] It has an elevation of 1,423 meters. The road to Grimsel Pass summit goes right by a pair of short tunnels to Handeck.

Handeck has a hotel and a bridge named "Suspension Bridge".^[4][2] It also has a waterfall.^[5] There is also a chalet, the first-halting place, which is beautiful.^[5] The village's cascade surpasses all others in Switzerland.^[5]

Part of the permanent collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art is an oil painting by French painter Jean-Léon Gérôme which depicts the beauty of this locale still today, as it was during his world travels in the 1850s.^[6]

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  Handeck-Wasserfall by Alexandre Calame (19th century)
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  Souvenir of Handeck by Alexandre Calame (1851)
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  Waterval van de Handeck aan de Grimsel by Alexandre Calame (19th century)

• Standseilbahn Handegg–Wasserschloss Handeggfluh Ärlen

• Media related to Handeck at Wikimedia Commons
• Media related to Handeckfall at Wikimedia Commons

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