Wengen BE
Also known as Wengen, Switzerland
thumb|The Wengeralpbahn leading into the town. The [[Jungfrau is visible in the background. ]] Wengen () is a mountain village in the Bernese Oberland of central Switzerland. Located in the canton of Bern at an elevation of above sea level, it is part of the Jungfrauregion and has approximately 1,300 year-round residents, which swells to 5,000 during summer and to 10,000 in the winter. Wengen hosts the classic Lauberhorn ski races of the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in January.
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- Wengen
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- Bern/Berne
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- Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
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thumb|The Wengeralpbahn leading into the town. The [[Jungfrau is visible in the background. ]] Wengen () is a mountain village in the Bernese Oberland of central Switzerland. Located in the canton of Bern at an elevation of above sea level, it is part of the Jungfrauregion and has approximately 1,300 year-round residents, which swells to 5,000 during summer and to 10,000 in the winter. Wengen hosts the classic Lauberhorn ski races of the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in January.
==History== Wengen was first mentioned in official documents in 1268, and the origin of the name is unknown.
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