Saxeten
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| Population | 129 (January 2005) | |||||||||
| - Density | 7 /km² (17 /sq.mi.) | |||||||||
| Area | 19.2 km² (7.4 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 1,103 m (3,619 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 3813 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 0591 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Aeschi bei Spiez, Därligen, Lauterbrunnen, Leissigen, Wilderswil | |||||||||
| Website | www.saxeten.ch | |||||||||
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Saxeten is a municipality in the district of Interlaken in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
It is located near the center of the Bödeli watershed.
The name Saxeten probably goes back to the Latin form "saxata" (rocky point).
The Saxetenbach flows through Saxeten, before it joins the Lütschine in Wilderswil.
Saxeten is the starting point of a number of routes: the Suls-Lobhorn-Hütte, over the Rengglipass to Aeschiried, and through Wilderswil to the Schynige Platte.
On July 27, 1999, there was an accident in the Saxetenbach canyon, in which 21 young people from Australia, New Zealand, England, South Africa, and Switzerland died.
[edit] External links
- (German) The Saxetenbach accident
