Habkern
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| Habkern | |
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| Canton | Berne |
| District | Interlaken |
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| Population | 650 (January 2005) |
| Area | 51.1 km² |
| Elevation | 1055 m |
| Postal code | 3804 |
| SFOS number | 0579 |
| Mayor | Walter Zurbuchen |
| Website | www.habkern.ch |
| Surrounded by | Schangnau, Flühli (in the canton of Lucerne), Oberried am Brienzersee, Niederried bei Interlaken, Unterseen, Beatenberg and Eriz |
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Habkern is a municipality in the district of Interlaken in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
The name Habkern comes from the Old High German word habuh ("hawk") and the ending -arra, indicating that something is in large numbers. Habkern is thus "the place where there are many hawks."
Habkern lies in the Bernese Oberland at the edge of the Emmental, which flows from the Hohngant massif. Underground is the Siebenhengste-Hohgant-Höhle, a karst cave system.
[edit] Further reading
- Melchior Sooder: Habkern. Basel 1964
[edit] External link
- Habkern in German, French or Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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 Berne | Districts of Canton Bern | Municipalities of the canton of Berne
