Beatenberg

Beatenberg is located in the Bernese Oberland on a step beneath the Niederhorn and high above Lake Thun. Beatenberg affords good views of the Jungfrau Group (Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau). The Village linked to Beatenbucht on Lake Thun by the Thunersee-Beatenberg funicular, which connects with shipping services on the lake. The Seilbahnen Beatenberg-Niederhorn, a gondola lift, runs to the summit of the Niederhorn.
The local saint is Saint Beatus. According to legend, Beatus was a missionary who came from Ireland to Lake Thun and who there expelled a dragon from the caves above Sundlauenen. His domicile in the dragon's cave has become a place of pilgrimage. Even today, the kilometre-long limestone cave with its subterranean lakes is a main tourist attraction of the locality.

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