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From cable car above Blumental, Bern, Switzerland, 2012 August
From cable car above Blumental, Bern, Switzerland, 2012 August. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- From cable car above Blumental, Bern, Switzerland, 2012 August
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- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Mürren
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Mürren.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Mürren is a traditional Walser mountain village in the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland, at an elevation of 1,638 m (5,374 ft) above sea level.
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1300
Work and settlement beneath the snowline
It was probably an alpine pasture until the settlement of immigrants from Lötschental shortly after 1300.
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1891
A route reaches Mürren
Before the opening of the Lauterbrunnen–Mürren Mountain Railway in 1891, guests could reach Mürren only by means of mule traffic.
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Donald Clive Anderson skiing in Murren 1920
Captain Donald Clive Anderson skiing with Willie Vaughan, Jim Wild, Xine, Soko in Murren , Switzerland Winter 1920 - 1921. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Captain Donald Clive Anderson skiing with Willie Vaughan, Jim Wild, Xine, Soko in Murren , Switzerland Winter 1920 - 1921
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
1924
Winter becomes organised
In 1924, the Kandahar Ski Club was set up by Sir Arnold Lunn (whose statue stands outside the rail station) and eight other British skiers.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Mürren is recorded at 46.559° N, 7.893° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 2,970 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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From cable car above Blumental, Bern, Switzerland, 2012 August
From cable car above Blumental, Bern, Switzerland, 2012 August. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- From cable car above Blumental, Bern, Switzerland, 2012 August
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
Mürren now
The International Inferno Race, comprising cross-country, giant slalom, and downhill races, is the longest (15.8 km / 9.8 mi) and largest amateur ski race in the world, with a limit of 1800 participants.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
From cable car above Blumental, Bern, Switzerland, 2012 August
AOD.EU.MURREN.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Donald Clive Anderson skiing in Murren 1920
AOD.EU.MURREN.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Mürren overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.