Jungfrau
The Jungfrau (
German: "maiden/virgin") is the highest peak of a
mountain massif of the same name, located in the
Bernese Oberland region of the
Swiss Alps, overlooking
Wengen. The other two peaks are the
Eiger (3,970 m) with its famous north face, and the
Mönch (4,099 m). The summit of the mountain was first reached in
1811 by the Meyer brothers of
Aarau. Once difficult to access, the
Jungfraubahn cog railway now runs inside the mountain, up to the
Jungfraujoch railway station at , the highest in Europe.The train into the mountain leaves from
Kleine Scheidegg, which can be reached by trains from
Grindelwald and
Lauterbrunnen. The train enters the tunnel running eastward through the Eiger shortly after leaving Kleine Scheidegg. It runs close behind the Eiger's north face, stopping at Eigerwand, where there is a window about 8 m long and a metre high, halfway up the face. The windows have been placed in holes used to remove excavated rock from the tunnel during construction, and are also occasionally used as access points to rescue climbers. This window was used for one of the final scenes of a
Clint Eastwood spy movie the
The Eiger Sanction. There one can get off the train to admire the view before the train continues five minutes later. The tunnel then turns west, heading towards the Jungfrau. There is a second stop at a window looking out on the Eismeer ("Sea of Ice") before the train continues to the Jungfraujoch. The tunnel was constructed between
1898 and
1912; it is about 7 km (4 mi) long, with gradients of up to 25%. The journey from Kleine Scheidegg to Jungfraujoch takes approximately 50 minutes including the stops at Eigerwand and Eismeer; the downhill return journey taking only 35 minutes.
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Jungfrau
Jungfrau
Jungfrau bezeichnet eine Frau vor ihrem ersten
Geschlechtsverkehr. Ähnlich wie Maid ist es jedoch ursprünglich die Bezeichnung einer jungen und bisher unverheirateten (daher anzunehmendermaßen auch jungfräulichen) Frau schlechthin, zunächst von Adel, dann auch im Bürgertum. Daher abgeleitet ist „
Jungfer“ als Anrede für weibliches Hauspersonal (zum Beispiel eine
Kammerjungfer). Männlicher Gegenbegriff zur „Jungfrau“ ist der
Jüngling. Mit der
sexuellen Revolution zerbrach die Gleichsetzung von Hochzeitsnacht und Verlust der Jungfräulichkeit.
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Jungfrau
La Jungfrau (la Vergine) è una montagna delle
Alpi bernesi nel
Canton Berna, la cui altezza è di 4.158 metri, risultando così la seconda più elevata vetta della regione alpina dell'
Oberland bernese dopo il
Finsteraarhorn. Insieme alle vette del
Mönch e dell'
Eiger costituisce un gruppo di incomparabile bellezza paesaggistica, celeberrima in tutto il mondo. In tal senso, dunque, la Jungfrau rappresenta un'ambita meta alpinistica, con innumerevoli vie di salita di difficoltà generalmente alta; la stessa
via normale, che solitamente prende inizio dalla stazione di arrivo della ferrovia allo
Jungfraujoch o dal Rifugio Monchjochhütte, dopo un lungo tratto su ghiacciaio presenta una parte finale su cresta mista di roccia e ghiaccio abbastanza difficile, con passaggi fino al III grado e notevole esposizione.
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