The Faulhorn is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...

of the

Bernese Alps , topo_map= Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo , photo=BerneseAlps.jpg , photo_caption=The Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau , country= Switzerland , subdivision1_type=Cantons , subdivision1= , parent= Western Alps , borders_on= , l ...

, located between

Lake Brienz Lake Brienz (german: Brienzersee) is a lake just north of the Alps, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It has a length of about , a width of and a maximum depth of . Its area is ; the surface is above the sea-level. It is fed, among others, by ...

and

Grindelwald Grindelwald is a village and Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli (administrative district), Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Berne. In addition ...

in the

Bernese Oberland The Bernese Oberland ( en, Bernese Highlands, german: Berner Oberland; gsw, Bärner Oberland; french: Oberland bernois), the highest and southernmost part of the canton of Bern, is one of the canton's five administrative regions (in which context ...

. The summit is high and can be reached by several trails. The mountain is split between the municipalities of

Iseltwald Iseltwald is a village and municipality on the southern shore of Lake Brienz in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. Politically, the municipality is located in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district of the canton of Bern. His ...

and

, with the summit located on the boundary between the two. The hotel situated on the summit of Faulhorn was built in 1830. It has undergone very little change since then.''Geschichte''.
www.faulhorn.ch (in German). Retrieved 2022-08-09. hotel-faulhorn-alter-speisesaal.jpg, The old dining hall of the Faulhorn hotel Johann Heinrich Müller, 1825-1894 H11 Faulhorn.JPG, 1870s panoramic view from Faulhorn.
Etching by

Heinrich Müller Heinrich Müller may refer to: * Heinrich Müller (cyclist) (born 1926), Swiss cyclist * Heinrich Müller (footballer, born 1888) (1888–1957), Swiss football player and manager * Heinrich Müller (footballer, born 1909) (1909–2000), Austrian ...

References

External links

Faulhorn on Hikr

Berghotel Faulhorn
Bernese Alps Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of the canton of Bern Two-thousanders of Switzerland {{Bern-mountain-stub