The Lütschine ( German pronunciation: [ˈlʏt͡ʃinə] ) is a river in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland . The Lütschine proper runs from Zweilütschinen , where its two tribututaries join, to Lake Brienz at Bönigen . The Schwarze Lütschine , or Black Lütschine , flows from Grindelwald to Zweilütschinen. The Weisse Lütschine , or White Lütschine , flows from the Lauterbrunnen Valley to Zweilütschinen. The common stretch of the river has a length of 8.6 kilometres (5.3 mi), whilst the Schwarze Lütschine is 12.3 kilometres (7.6 mi) long and the Weisse Lütschine is 13.1 kilometres (8.1 mi) long.
7-630: Both branches of the Lütschine include a large number of mountain streams as tributaries. A notable tributary of the Schwarze Lütschine, emerging from the gorge of the Lower Grindelwald Glacier , is confusingly referred to as "Weisse Lütschine". The highest point of the drainage basin is the Jungfrau . A story passed on by word of mouth showing friendly banter between villagers that lived on
14-798: Is a Glacier in the Swiss Bernese Alps , situated to the south-east of Grindelwald . It starts below the Agassizhorn and the Strahlegghörner and is connected with the Finsteraar Glacier via the Finsteraarjoch (3,390 m (11,120 ft)). The Lower Grindelwald Glacier yet has a major tributary, the Ischmeer ( Swiss German for Ice Sea , formerly known as Grindelwald-Fiescher Glacier , German : Grindelwald-Fieschergletscher ), which
21-469: Is the glacier overlooked by the Jungfrau Railway 's Eismeer railway station . The Lower Grindelwald Glacier was about 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi) long and covered an area of 20.8 km (8.0 sq mi) in 1973. The glacier has significantly shrunk since, having a length of just 6.2 kilometres (3.9 mi) in 2015, with most of the retreat (1.9 km (1.2 mi)) happening since 2007. In
28-635: The current hiking path around the Bänisegg. Around 2000 it still reached into the gorge between the Hörnli (Eiger) and Mättenberg . The Lower Grindelwald Glacier should not be confused with the Upper Grindelwald Glacier , situated to its north-east. The Grindelwald-Fiescher Glacier should not be confused with the like-named Fiescher Glacier , to the south of the Fiescherhorn . This article about
35-553: The middle of the 19th century it clearly reached into the valley of Grindelwald as far as Mettenberg at an altitude of 983 m (3,225 ft), an eastern quarter of Grindelwald, near the conjunction of the Schwarze and Weisse Lütschine In 1900, it still reached as far as Rote Fluh (1,200 m (3,900 ft)) and filled the entire valley of its current end, the glacier lake, with a thickness of about 300 metres (980 ft) up to an altitude of 1,700 metres (5,600 ft), just below
42-661: The south facing Weisse Lütschine valley to the south (the Lauterbrunnen Valley) is sunny and light. From Wilderswil to Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald , the banks of the Lütschine are closely followed by the tracks of the Berner Oberland Railway . This article related to a river in Switzerland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lower Grindelwald Glacier The Lower Grindelwald Glacier ( German : Unterer Grindelwaldgletscher )
49-470: The two rivers is that the people on the Weisse Lütschine said the others "were so dirty it turned the river black" and the villagers on the Schwarze Lütschine claimed the others "never even washed so the other tributary remained perfectly white". A modern observer standing at Zweilütschinen in winter might note that during the day the Schwarze Lütschine valley to the east is dark, shaded and cold, whereas
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