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Canton of Bern
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Saxeten

Saxeten is a municipality in the in the canton of Bern in . In 1999, Saxeten became internationally known following an incident where 21 tourists and guides were killed in a flash flood in the Saxetbach gorge.
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  • Type: Village with 128 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “CH0591” and “Saxeten BE”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sulegg and Morgenberghorn.

Peak
Photo: Thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The is a mountain of the , overlooking Saxeten in the . It lies on the group between the Saxettal and the Soustal, on the left side of the Lauterbunnen valley.

Peak
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The is a mountain of the , overlooking in the . It lies at the northern end of the chain between the valleys of and , north of the . is situated 3½ km southwest of Saxeten.

Mountain saddle
Photo: WidmerThomas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a mountain saddle, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Saxeten.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Interlaken and Wilderswil.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a small city in the region of central . Located between two alpine lakes, is a popular base camp for outdoor sports and travel in the surrounding Bernese Oberland Alps.

Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village and a municipality in the in the canton of Bern in . belongs to the Small Agglomeration Interlaken with 23,300 inhabitants. is situated 3½ km northeast of Saxeten.

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

Saxeten

Latitude
46.637° or 46° 38′ 13″ north
Longitude
7.8328° or 7° 49′ 58″ east
Population
128
Elevation
1,239 metres (4,065 feet)
Open location code
8FR9JRPM+R4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240055004
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7287068
Wiki­data ID
Q66009
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Saxeten” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Saxeten”
  • Basque: “Saxeten”
  • Breton: “Saxeten”
  • Catalan: “Saxeten”
  • Cebuano: “Saxeten (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Saxeten”
  • Chinese: “萨克塞滕”
  • Chinese: “薩克塞滕”
  • Chuvash: “Заксетен”
  • Czech: “Saxeten”
  • Dutch: “Saxeten”
  • Esperanto: “Innerfeld”
  • Esperanto: “Saxeten”
  • Esperanto: “Seilera”
  • Esperanto: “Usserfeld”
  • French: “Saxeten”
  • German: “Saxeten”
  • Hungarian: “Saxeten”
  • Irish: “Saxeten”
  • Italian: “Saxeten”
  • Kazakh: “Заксетен”
  • Lombard: “Saxeten”
  • Malay: “Saxeten”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saxeten”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saxeten”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Saxeten”
  • Piemontese: “Saxeten”
  • Polish: “Saxeten”
  • Portuguese: “Saxeten”
  • Romansh: “Saxeten”
  • Russian: “Заксетен”
  • Slovak: “Saxeten”
  • Spanish: “Saxeten”
  • Swedish: “Saxeten”
  • Swiss German: “Saxeten”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Saxeten”
  • Turkish: “Saxeten”
  • Ukrainian: “Заксетен”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Saxeten”
  • Venetian: “Saxeten”
  • Vietnamese: “Saxeten”
  • Volapük: “Saxeten”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Saxeten”
  • Welsh: “Saxeten”
  • “Saxeten”

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