Reichenbach Falls

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Reichenbach Falls is a dramatic Swiss waterfall famously known as the setting of Sherlock Holmes’s fateful confrontation with his nemesis Professor Moriarty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf waterfall
appearsInSeries Sherlock Holmes stories NERFINISHED
associatedWithCharacter Professor Moriarty NERFINISHED
Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
category Landforms of the canton of Bern
Tourist attractions in the canton of Bern
Waterfalls of Switzerland
country Switzerland
createdByWork "The Final Problem" by Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED
drainsFrom Alpine catchment area
elevation approximately 840 metres above sea level
featuredIn Sherlock Holmes television adaptations NERFINISHED
various Sherlock Holmes film adaptations
fictionalEventDate 1891 (in Sherlock Holmes canon)
fictionalSettingFor "The Final Problem" NERFINISHED
funicularName Reichenbachfall Funicular NERFINISHED
funicularOpeningYear 1899
hasAccess funicular railway
hiking trails
hasCoordinateRegion Alps NERFINISHED
hasInfrastructure signposted paths
viewing platforms
hasMemorial Sherlock Holmes plaque
Sherlock Holmes silhouette marker NERFINISHED
hasNearbyTransport Meiringen railway station NERFINISHED
hasSeasonalVariation higher flow in spring and early summer
hasViewpoint platform near the upper falls
height approximately 250 metres total drop
influenced Holmesian tourism in Meiringen
inspiredBy Arthur Conan Doyle’s visit to Switzerland
knownFor association with Sherlock Holmes
dramatic scenery
languageRegion German-speaking Switzerland NERFINISHED
locatedIn Haslital NERFINISHED
canton of Bern NERFINISHED
locatedNear Meiringen NERFINISHED
nearbyAttraction Sherlock Holmes Museum in Meiringen NERFINISHED
nearestTown Meiringen NERFINISHED
notableEventInFiction Sherlock Holmes’s confrontation with Professor Moriarty NERFINISHED
apparent death of Sherlock Holmes
numberOfDrops multiple
partOf Aare river basin NERFINISHED
publicAccess seasonal
region Bernese Oberland NERFINISHED
tourismTheme Sherlock Holmes tourism
touristAttraction true
watercourse Reichenbach stream NERFINISHED

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Jim Moriarty deathScene Reichenbach Falls
Meiringen hasAttraction Reichenbach Falls
Meiringen knownFor Reichenbach Falls
Aare Gorge near Reichenbach Falls