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In 1264 Thun received town rights and in 1384 the town was bought by the canton of Bern. Thun was the capital of the Canton of Oberland of the Helvetic Republic , which lasted from 1798 until 1803. In 1819 a Military School was founded in the town, which later developed into the main military school in Switzerland.
Main menu. Main menu. move to sidebar hide. ... There are 335 municipalities in the canton of Bern, Switzerland (as of January 2024 ... Thun; Thunstetten; Thurnen ...
The canton of Bern is mainly drained by the river Aare and its tributaries. The area of the canton is commonly divided into six regions. [22] The most populated area is the Bernese Mittelland on the plateau north of the Alps, with the capital city of Bern. The northmost part of the canton is the Bernese Jura bordering the Canton of Jura.
The funicular above Mülenen station. The Niesenbahn is a funicular railway above Lake Thun in the canton of Bern, Switzerland.It links a lower terminus, in the village of Mülenen at 693 m and adjacent to Mülenen station on the Lötschberg railway line, with an upper terminus at 2336 m near the summit of Niesen, a viewpoint above the lake and Bernese Oberland.
Thun District in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland was created on 1 January 2010. [1] It is part of the Oberland administrative region. It contains 31 municipalities with an area of 321.90 km 2 (124.29 sq mi) and a population (as of December 2008 [update] ) of 103,233.
Main menu. Main menu. move to sidebar hide. ... Lake Thun (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Lakes of the canton of Bern"
An aerial view of the castle Another view of the castle. Thun Castle (German: Schloss Thun) is a castle in the city of Thun, in the Swiss canton of Bern.It was built in the 12th century, today houses the Thun Castle museum, and is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Bern is one of the three cantons (with Valais and Graubünden) having summits above 4,000 metres. It is also one of the two cantons (with Vaud ) extending over both the Alps and Jura . Topographically, the most important summit of the canton is that of the Finsteraarhorn (most elevated , most prominent and most isolated ).