Editing Jungfraujoch (section)

==Etymology==
{{See also|Jungfrau#Etymology}}
The Swiss- and Austro-Bavarian-German term ''[[:wikt:Joch|Joch]]'' means "saddle", in this case referring to the ridge between two higher peaks, as recorded in the 14th century (Grimm, ''[[Deutsches Wörterbuch]]'' "bereits im 14. jahrh. als ortsname: ''des gotzhus zwing und ban vahet an Rotenhalden und denne die roten bachtalen uf unz an den grat, und den grat obnan hin ob Grüblen hin iemerme, unz an Joch. und ab Joch unz an Stoerben.'' [[Weisthümer|weisth.]] 1, 4 (Zürich)").

The name ''Jungfrau'' ('Virgin'), which refers to the highest mountain overlooking the Jungfraujoch, is most likely derived from the name ''Jungfrauenberg'' given to [[Wengernalp]], so named for the nuns of [[Interlaken Monastery]], its historical owner. However, the "virgin" peak was heavily romanticized as a "goddess" or "priestess" only in late 18th- to 19th-century Romanticism. After the first ascent in 1811 by Swiss alpinist Johann Rudolf Meyer, the peak was jokingly referred to as ''Mme Meyer'' (Mrs. Meyer).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.20min.ch/wissen/history/story/1811-verlor-die-Jungfrau-ihre-Unschuld-29230194 |author=Therese Hänni |title=1811 verlor die Jungfrau ihre Unschuld |newspaper=20minuten online |location=Zurich, Switzerland |date=3 August 2011 |language=de |access-date=2016-02-11}}</ref><ref>{{HLS|8786|Jungfrau|date=2008|author=Daniel Anker}}</ref>