Niesen
The Niesen is a mountain peak of the Bernese Alps in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. The summit of the mountain is 2,362 metres in elevation. It overlooks Lake Thun, in the Bernese Oberland region, and forms the northern end of a ridge that stretches north from the Albristhorn and Mannliflue, separating the Simmental and Kandertal valleys.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,362 metres
- Description: mountain in Swiss Alps
- Also known as: “Niesen Kulm”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fromberghorn and Drunengalm.
Fromberghorn
Peak
Photo: Ferdinand Hodler, Public domain.
The Fromberghorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located between Diemtigen and Reichenbach im Kandertal in the Bernese Oberland. It lies just south of the Niesen.
Drunengalm
Peak
The Drunengalm is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located between Diemtigen and Reichenbach im Kandertal in the Bernese Oberland.
Mülenen Castle
Castle
Photo: Pingufan1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mülenen Castle and the attached Letzi Mülenen wall are a ruined medieval fortification in the village of Mülenen and municipality of Reichenbach im Kandertal, in the Swiss canton of Bern. The Letzi Mülenen is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mülenen and Wimmis.
Mülenen
Village
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mülenen is a village in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district of the Swiss canton of Bern. The village is divided between the municipalities of Reichenbach im Kandertal and Aeschi bei Spiez. Mülenen station, on the Lötschberg railway line, and…
Wimmis
Village
Photo: Sgruenig, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wimmis is a municipality in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Niesen
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Reichenbach im Kandertal, Frutigen-Niedersimmental, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.64619° or 46° 38′ 46″ northLongitude
7.65237° or 7° 39′ 9″ eastElevation
2,362 metres (7,749 feet)Open location code
8FR9JMW2+FWOpenStreetMap ID
node 31664299OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Niesen” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نيسين”
- Basque: “Niesen”
- Bulgarian: “Ниесен”
- Catalan: “Niesen”
- Cebuano: “Niesen”
- Chinese: “尼森峰”
- Dutch: “Niesen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل نيسين”
- Esperanto: “Niesen”
- French: “Niesen”
- Georgian: “ნიზენი”
- German: “Niesen”
- Hebrew: “ניזן”
- Italian: “Niesen”
- Korean: “니젠산”
- Ladin: “Niesen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Niesen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Niesen”
- Polish: “Niesen”
- Portuguese: “Monte Niesen”
- Spanish: “Niesen”
- Swedish: “Niesen”
- Venetian: “Niesen”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Niesen and Niesen Kulm.
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