Beatenberg
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| Beatenberg | |
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| Canton | Berne |
| District | Interlaken |
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| Population | 1195 (2002) |
| Area | 29.2 km² |
| Elevation | 559-2063 m |
| Postal code | 3803 |
| SFOS number | 0571 |
| Mayor | Verena Moser |
| Website | www.Beatenberg.ch |
| Surrounded by | Sigriswil, Unterseen |
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Beatenberg is a municipality in the Interlaken district of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland.
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[edit] Geography
Beatenberg is located in the Bernese Oberland on a steppe beneath the Niederhorn and high above Lake Thun. Beatenberg affords good views of the Jungfrau Group (Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau).
[edit] Points of Interest
The local saint is Saint Beatus. According to legend, Beatus was a missionary who came from Ireland to Lake Thun and who there expelled a dragon from the caves above Sundlauenen. His domicile in the dragon's cave has become a place of pilgrimage. Even today, the kilometre-long limestone cave with its subterranean lakes is a main tourist attraction of the locality.
[edit] Famous Inhabitants
- Albert Samuel Gatschet (1832-1907), ethnologue and linguist, born in Beatenberg
[edit] External links
- Offizielle Website der Municipality of Beatenberg
- Beatenberg in German, French or Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Private Homepage with good pictures and information
Beatenberg | Bönigen | Brienz | Brienzwiler | Därligen | Grindelwald | Gsteigwiler | Gündlischwand | Habkern | Hofstetten bei Brienz | Interlaken | Iseltwald | Lauterbrunnen | Leissigen | Lütschental | Matten bei Interlaken | Niederried bei Interlaken | Oberried am Brienzersee | Ringgenberg | Saxeten | Schwanden bei Brienz | Unterseen | Wilderswil
Canton of Bern | Districts of Canton Bern | Municipalities of the canton of Berne
