History of the Jungfrau?

I am wondering if there is a book (prefereably in English, but German
will do) that gives a history of the Jungfrau Mountain in the
Lauterbrunnen Valley of Switzerland. When the train was built, climber
legends, etc. I am planning an independent research project on the
area.

Thanks in advance for any referals...

Joachim

I know of chapters relating ascents of the Jungfrau, but no book specific of
the Jungfrau comes to my mind. I found quite a few books related to your
subject by doing a bolean search Jungfrau AND Eiger on the site of abebooks
(I included Eiger in the search to sort out all books relating to "young
ladies"...). You may also want to send a message to one of the swiss
bookstores listed on abebooks.

There is also a site on the history of the railway :

http://www.jungfraubahn.ch/english/pages/FA/FA_GeZl.htm

Good luck !

(my own site is mostly dedicated to mountaineering books, but that part of
my site is only in french... sorry... http://www.livres-montagne.com )


Joachim V. Horsley wrote:
I am wondering if there is a book (prefereably in English, but German
will do) that gives a history of the Jungfrau Mountain in the
Lauterbrunnen Valley of Switzerland. When the train was built, climber
legends, etc. I am planning an independent research project on the
area.

Thanks in advance for any referals...

Joachim