Mönch
The Mönch (German: "monk") is a mountain in the Bernese Alps, in Switzerland. Together with the Eiger and the Jungfrau it forms a highly recognisable group of mountains visible from far away.
The Mönch lies on the border between the cantons of Valais and Bern, and forms part of a mountain ridge between the Jungfrau and Jungfraujoch to the west, and the Eiger to the east. The mountain is located west of Mönchsjoch (a 3,650 m high pass) and Mönchsjoch Hut and north of the Jungfraufirn and Ewigschneefäld, two affluents of the Great Aletsch Glacier. The north side of the Mönch forms a step wall above the Lauterbrunnen valley.
The Jungfrau railway tunnel runs right under the summit at a height of approximately 3,300 metres.
The peak was first climbed on August 15, 1857 by Christian Almer, Christian Kaufmann, Ulrich Kaufmann and Sigismund Porges.
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A view of the Mönch taken from the Jungfraujoch
A view of the Mönch taken from the Jungfraujoch
Panorama from Männlichen: Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau (from left to right)
Münch
Münch or Muench is a German surname, meaning "monk". Notable people with this surname include the following:
Mönch (rock)
The Mönch (also Mönchstein) is a rock pinnacle and popular climbing peak in Saxon Switzerland in Germany near the spa town of Rathen. The weather vane on the summit, in the shape of a tin monk, is visible from afar and acts as a navigation aid.
In the Middle Ages the rock was used as a lookout for Neurathen Castle due to its prominent location. From that time stems the Mönchsloch ("Monk's Hole") hewn out of the rock just below the summit, a shelter about 1.75 metres high and 1.35 metres deep that was used by the guard post of the castle. The rock castle was destroyed in 1469 and fell into ruins. With it disappeared the medieval staircase that enabled the Mönch to be climbed, although traces of the timber beams remain today. Since that time the summit may only be reached by climbing.
The rocks were occasionally climbed thereafter; tradition recording ascents in the years 1632, 1777 and 1803. After gymnasts from Bad Schandau had made the first recreational ascent of the Falkenstein in 1864, the first ascent of the Mönch for similar reasons followed 10 years later, in 1874, made by O. Ufer and H. Frick. This was the first ascent of a climbing rock in Saxon Switzerland without artificial aids; whereas hitherto ladders or artificially hewn steps and the like had been used. Climbing without artificial aids is still an important point in the Saxon climbing rules valid today.
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by Andrea Bocelli
Mi Manchi
by: Andrea Bocelli(Fabrizio Berlincioni / Gianfranco Fasano)
Mi manchi
Quando il sole da la mano all'orizzonte
Quando il buio spegne il chiasso
della gente
La stanchezza addosso che non
va più via
Come l'ombra di qualcosa
ancora mia.
Mi manchi
Nei tuoi sguardi
E in quell sorriso un pò incosciente
Nelle scuse di quei tuoi probabilmente
Sei quell nodo in gola
che non scende giù
E tu e tu
Mi manchi mi manchi
Posso far finta di star bene ma mi manchi
Ora capisco che vuol dire
Averti accanto prima di dormire
Mentre cammino a piedi nudi
dentro l'anima
Mi manchi e potrei
Cercarmi un'altra donna
ma m'ingannerci
Sei il mio rimorso senza fine
Il freddo delle mie mattine
Quando mi guardo intorno
E sento che mi manchi
Ora che io posso darti un pò di più
E tu e tu
Mi manchi e potrei
Cercarmi un'altra donna
ma m'ingannerci
Sei il mio rimorso senza fine
Il freddo delle mie mattine
Quando mi guardo intorno
E sento che mi manchi
English translation:
I Miss You
I miss you -
When the sun touches the horizon
When darkness covers the sounds
of the people,
The listlessness no longer
goes away
Like the shadow of something
that's still mine
I miss you -
In your look
In that thoughtless smile
In those excuses of yours,
You're the lump in my throat
that doesn't go away
It's you, it's you
I miss you, I miss you
I can pretend to be okay but I miss you
Now I know what I need to say -
To have you near before going to sleep
While I stand undisguised
within my soul
I miss you and I could
find another woman
but I'd be cheating myself
You're my regret without an end and
The chill of my mornings,
When I look inside myself
And know that I miss you.
Now that I can give you a little more -
It's you, it's you
I miss you and I could
have another woman
but I'd only be cheating myself,
You're my regret without an end and
The chill of my mornings,