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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.
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.
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.
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 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. [1]
Thun Castle in front of the Blüemlisalp. The Bernese Oberland (German: Berner Oberland; Alemannic German: Bärner Oberland; French: Oberland bernois), sometimes also known as the Bernese Highlands, is the highest and southernmost part of the canton of Bern.
The municipality is located 5 km (3.1 mi) from downtown Thun along the Aare river. It consists of the village of Thierachern and the hamlets of Wahlen, Egg and Schwand. On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Thun, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Thun. [6]