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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.
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.
Thun (French: Thoune) is a town and a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located where the Aare flows out of Lake Thun (Thunersee), 30 kilometres (19 miles) southeast of Bern .
Thun District is one of the 26 administrative districts in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital is the municipality of Thun . From 1 January 2010, the district lost its administrative power while being replaced by the new and enlarged Thun (administrative district) , whose administrative centre remained Thun.
Oberhofen from Lake Thun. Oberhofen am Thunersee has an area of 2.71 km 2 (1.05 sq mi). [4] As of the 2004 survey, a total of 0.55 km 2 (0.21 sq mi) or 20.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.43 km 2 (0.55 sq mi) or 52.6% is forested.
After the collapse of the Republic and 1803 Act of Mediation it rejoined the Canton of Bern in the newly created Thun District. Traditionally the villagers of Sigriswil fished in Lake Thun, raised crops and vineyards on the valley floor and raised cattle in the summer in high alpine meadows before bringing them down for winter. By 1914 a ...
The Habsburgs appointed a succession of vassals to administer the area for them, especially the Kyburgs who also owned Thun Castle. Following the Kyburg defeat in the Burgdorferkrieg of 1383-84 and the decisive Habsburg defeat at the Battle of Sempach in 1386, Bern began to expand into the Austrian lands in the Bernese Oberland. They occupied ...
Strättligen is a former municipality of the Swiss canton of Bern, since 1920 incorporated into the municipality of Thun. Its area accounts for roughly the southern half of the territory of present-day Thun municipality, including the districts of Scherzligen, Dürrenast, Neufeld, Allmendingen, Buchholz, Schoren, Gwatt.