Saxeten
Saxeten is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. In 1999, Saxeten became internationally known following an incident where 21 tourists and guides were killed in a flash flood in the Saxetbach gorge.
Yiftachsam, Public domain.- Village with 99 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,100 metres (3,610 feet)
- Description: municipality in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
- Also known as“CH0591”“Saxeten BE”
- Neighbors: Lauterbrunnen
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sulegg and Morgenberghorn.
Sulegg
The Sulegg is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Saxeten in the Bernese Oberland.
Morgenberghorn
The Morgenberghorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Lake Thun in the Bernese Oberland. Morgenberghorn is situated 3½ km southwest of Saxeten.
Rengglipass
Rengglipass is a mountain saddle, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Saxeten.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Interlaken and Wilderswil.
Interlaken
Interlaken is a small city in the Bernese Highlands region of central Switzerland.
Wilderswil
Wilderswil is a village and a municipality in the… Wilderswil is situated 3½ km northeast of Saxeten.
Saxeten
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Latitude
46.637° or 46° 38′ 13″ north
Longitude
7.8328° or 7° 49′ 58″ east
Open location code
8FR9JRPM+R4
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Saxeten” goes by many names.
SaxetenAlbanian
SaxetenBasque
SaxetenBreton
SaxetenCatalan
SaxetenCebuano
Saxeten (munisipyo)Cebuano
萨克塞滕Chinese
薩克塞滕Chinese
ЗаксетенChuvash
SaxetenCzech
SaxetenDutch
InnerfeldEsperanto
SaxetenEsperanto
SeileraEsperanto
UsserfeldEsperanto
SaxetenHungarian
SaxetenIrish
SaxetenItalian
ЗаксетенKazakh
SaxetenLombard
SaxetenMalay
SaxetenNorwegian Bokmål
SaxetenNorwegian Nynorsk
SaxetenOccitan (post 1500)
SaxetenPiemontese
SaxetenPolish
SaxetenRomansh
ЗаксетенRussian
SaxetenSlovak
SaxetenSwedish
SaxetenSwiss German
SaxetenTurkish
ЗаксетенUkrainian
SaxetenUpper Sorbian
SaxetenVenetian
SaxetenVietnamese
SaxetenVolapük
SaxetenWaray (Philippines)
SaxetenWelsh
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