Kander

The Kander is a river in . It is 44 kilometres long and has a watershed of 1,126 square kilometres. The Kander is a tributary of the , the longest river to begin and end entirely in Switzerland.
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  • 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.

Castle
Photo: Alps, Public domain.
is a castle in the municipality of of the in . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. is situated 2½ km northeast of Kander.

Railway station
Photo: MerengeManu, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stadium
Photo: Rectilinium, CC BY 3.0.
Stadion Lachen is a multi-use in , . 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.

Village
Photo: Hadi, CC0.
is a former municipality in the administrative district of in the canton of Bern in . On 1 January 2024 the former municipality of merged to form the municipality of .

Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the administrative district of in the canton of in .

Village
Photo: Alps, Public domain.
is a municipality in the administrative district of in the canton of Bern in . is situated 2½ km northeast of Kander.

Kander

Latitude
46.71937° or 46° 43′ 10″ north
Longitude
7.63976° or 7° 38′ 23″ east
Elevation
559 metres (1,834 feet)
Open location code
8FR9PJ9Q+PW
Geo­Names ID
2660193
Wiki­data ID
Q668478
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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”
  • Ukrainian: “Кандер”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Kander”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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