Köniz

Köniz is a statistical town and a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district right on the southern border to Bern in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Places of Interest

Highlights include PTT Archive and Gasel railway station.

PTT Archive

Library

Photo: Archives PTT (Suisse), CC BY-SA 4.0.

The PTT Archive is the archive of the former Swiss Postal, Telegraph and Telephone Services. In 1997 PTT was split into two companies: Swiss Post) and Swisscom.

Gasel railway station

Railway station

Photo: Hadi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gasel railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Köniz, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Bern–Schwarzenburg line of BLS AG.

Niederscherli railway station

Railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Niederscherli railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Köniz, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Bern–Schwarzenburg line of BLS AG.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bern and Oberbalm.

Bern

Photo: Augustgeyler, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Although Bern is the seat of most of the institutions of the Swiss Confederation, the remarkable design coherence of Bern's old town has earned it a place on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Oberbalm

Village

Photo: Ginkgo, CC BY 3.0.

Oberbalm, is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Oberbalm is situated 3½ km south of Köniz.

Köniz

Type: Locality with 42,000 residents
Also known as: “CH0355” and “Koeniz”
Location: Bern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.9043° or 46° 54′ 16″ north

Longitude

7.3978° or 7° 23′ 52″ east

Population

42,000

Elevation

651 metres (2,136 feet)

Open location code

8FR9W93X+P4

GeoNames ID

7286216

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