Lauenen
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| Population | 812 (2005) | |||||||||
| - Density | 14 /km² (36 /sq.mi.) | |||||||||
| Area | 58.7 km² (22.7 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 1,252 m (4,108 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 3782 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 0842 | |||||||||
| Mayor | Ruedi Trachsel | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Saanen, Lenk, Ayent, Savièse, Gsteig bei Gstaad. | |||||||||
| Website | www.lauenen.ch | |||||||||
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Lauenen (French: Lauvine, Romansh: Lavina) is a municipality in the district of Saanen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Lauenen is known as an area with substantial danger of landslides and avalanches, which is the origin of its name (German Lawine "landslide," from Latin labina "slide"). Lauenen was first mentioned historically in 1296 as an der lowinon.
Lauenen lies in the Bernese Oberland in the Lauenen Valley. The mountains in the south of the municipality, for instance Wildhorn (3243 m) form the border with the canton of Valais. The municipality has a number of notable glaciers and lakes, including the Tungel Glacier, the Gelten Glacier, and Lake Lauenen.
[edit] Famous people
- Gottfried Straßer (1854-1912), minister a poet (born in Lauenen)
- Ernst Friedrich Langhans (1829-1880) worked as reformed minister in Lauenen from 1855 to 1858
[edit] External links
- Website about Lake Lauenen region, including pictures and routes (German)
- Lauenen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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