Riffenmatt

Riffenmatt is a village in Guggisberg, Bern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern and has an elevation of 1,079 metres. Riffenmatt is situated nearby to the neighborhood Dorf, as well as near the locality Guggisbergstrasse.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Guggershorn and Vreneli museum.

Guggershorn

Peak

Photo: Tschubby, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Guggershorn is a nagelfluh mountain with a conspicuous summit rock in the Bernese Prealps, northeast above Guggisberg in Switzerland. In 1828, the Sternenwirt Blaser built a staircase on the summit rock as a tourist attraction.

Vreneli museum

Museum

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Vreneli Fountain

Fountain

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Guggisberg and Schwarzenbühl Pass.

Guggisberg

Village

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Guggisberg is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the Swiss canton of Bern.

Schwarzenbühl Pass

Locality

Photo: Ulflulfl, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Schwarzenbühl Pass is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It connects Riffenmatt in the municipality of Guggisberg, south of Bern and Gurnigel Pass. Schwarzenbühl Pass is situated 3 km southeast of Riffenmatt.

Zumholz

Village

Photo: Badener, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Zumholz is a former municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg. Zumholz is situated 5 km west of Riffenmatt.

Riffenmatt

Type: Village
Postal code: 3156
Category: locality
Location: Guggisberg, Bern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.76531° or 46° 45′ 55″ north

Longitude

7.35333° or 7° 21′ 12″ east

Elevation

1,079 metres (3,540 feet)

Open location code

8FR9Q983+48

OpenStreetMap ID

node 240062601

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2659029

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