Zermatt in a Sentence
  • In the main chain the two longest are both 94 m., the Mer de Glace at Chamonix and the Gorner at Zermatt.
  • Formerly Zermatt was called "Praborgne," and this name is mentioned in the Swiss census of 1888.
  • Zermatt was long known to botanists and geologists only, and has an interesting though very local history.
  • Seiler died in 1891 he was proprietor of most of the great hotels in and around Zermatt.
  • Nowadays it is frequently ascended in summer, especially from Zermatt.