Kander
The Kander is a river in Switzerland. It is 44 kilometres long and has a watershed of 1,126 square kilometres. The Kander is a tributary of the Aare, the longest river to begin and end entirely in Switzerland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Switzerland and a tributary of the Aar River
- Also known as: “Kander River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oberhofen Castle and Gwatt railway station.
Oberhofen Castle
Castle
Photo: Alps, Public domain.
Oberhofen Castle is a castle in the municipality of Oberhofen of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Oberhofen Castle is situated 2½ km northeast of Kander.
Stadium Lachen
Stadium
Photo: Rectilinium, CC BY 3.0.
Stadion Lachen is a multi-use stadium in Thun, Switzerland. It is currently used mostly for American football matches of the Thun Tigers. The stadium served as the home ground of FC Thun from 1954 to 2011 until the Swiss Football League deemed it unfit for top-tier football, prompting the club to construct a new stadium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zwieselberg and Hilterfingen.
Zwieselberg
Village
Zwieselberg is a former municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2024 the former municipality of Zwieselberg merged to form the municipality of Reutigen.
Hilterfingen
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hilterfingen is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Oberhofen am Thunersee
Village
Photo: Alps, Public domain.
Oberhofen am Thunersee is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Oberhofen am Thunersee is situated 2½ km northeast of Kander.
Kander
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Venetian—“Kander” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Քանդեր”
- Asturian: “Ríu Kander”
- Bulgarian: “Кандер (река)”
- Bulgarian: “Кандер”
- Cebuano: “Kander”
- Chinese: “坎德河”
- Danish: “Kander”
- Dutch: “Kander”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كاندير”
- Esperanto: “Kander”
- Finnish: “Kander”
- French: “Kander”
- German: “Kander”
- Hebrew: “קנדר”
- Irish: “Kander”
- Italian: “Kander”
- Japanese: “カンダー川”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kander i Sveits”
- Polish: “Kander”
- Russian: “Кандер”
- Russian: “река Кандер”
- Slovenian: “Kander”
- Spanish: “Kander”
- Spanish: “Rio Kander”
- Spanish: “Río Kander”
- Swedish: “Kander”
- Swiss German: “Chander”
- Tosk Albanian: “Kander”
- Turkish: “Kander Nehri (İsviçre)”
- Turkish: “Kander Nehri”
- Venetian: “Fiume Kander”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Einigen and Gwatt.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kumm and Fitnesspark Hallenbad Oberhofen.
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