Burgistein
Burgistein is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
- Type: Village with 1,090 residents
- Description: municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Aebnit”, “Borcestey”, “Burgenstein”, “Burgistein (munisipyo)”, “Burgistein BE”, “Burgiwil”, “CH0863”, “Elbschen”, “Grossmatt”, “Niederschönegg”, “Oberschönegg BE”, “Pfandersmatt”, “Station Burgistein”, and “Weierboden”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Abegg foundation and Burgistein Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wattenwil and Riggisberg.
Burgistein
- Categories: municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Thun District, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.7913° or 46° 47′ 29″ north
Longitude
7.5005° or 7° 30′ 2″ east
Population
1,090
Elevation
746 metres (2,448 feet)
Open location code
8FR9QGR2+G5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Burgistein” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Burgistein”
- Basque: “Burgistein”
- Breton: “Burgistein”
- Catalan: “Burgistein”
- Cebuano: “Burgistein”
- Chinese: “布尔吉斯泰因”
- Chinese: “布尔吉施泰因”
- Chinese: “布爾吉斯泰因”
- Chuvash: “Бургиштайн”
- Dutch: “Burgistein”
- Esperanto: “Burgistein”
- French: “Burgistein”
- German: “Burgistein”
- Hungarian: “Burgistein”
- Irish: “Burgistein”
- Italian: “Burgistein”
- Japanese: “ブルギシュタイン”
- Kazakh: “Бургиштайн”
- Lombard: “Burgistein”
- Malay: “Burgistein”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Burgistein”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Burgistein”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Burgistein”
- Piemontese: “Burgistein”
- Polish: “Burgistein”
- Portuguese: “Burgistein”
- Russian: “Бургиштайн”
- Spanish: “Burgistein”
- Swedish: “Burgistein”
- Swiss German: “Burgistei”
- Swiss German: “Burgistein”
- Turkish: “Burgistein”
- Ukrainian: “Бургіштайн”
- Upper Sorbian: “Burgistein”
- Venetian: “Burgistein”
- Vietnamese: “Burgistein”
- Volapük: “Burgistein”
- Waray (Philippines): “Burgistein”
- Welsh: “Burgistein”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Weier and Flühli.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Kunklermühle and Kirche Burgistein.
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