Forst
Forst is a village in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. The former municipality of the district of Thun merged with Längenbühl on January 1, 2007 to form Forst-Längenbühl.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 374 residents
- Description: village and former municipality in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Forst BE” and “Forst, Switzerland”
- Postal code: 3636
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dittligsee and Geistsee.
Dittligsee
Lake
Photo: Wolvus, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Dittligsee is a lake in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, near Blumenstein and Wattenwil. Its surface area is 6.02 ha.
Geistsee
Photo: Wolvus, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Geistsee is a lake at Längenbühl in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.95 ha. The lake is private property and not accessible by the public.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wattenwil and Längenbühl.
Wattenwil
Village
Wattenwil is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Längenbühl
Village
Längenbühl is a village in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. The former municipality of the district of Thun merged with Forst on January 1, 2007 to form Forst-Längenbühl. There are three smaller lakes in Längenbühl: Dittligsee, Geistsee and a smaller pond.
Gurzelen
Village
Photo: Ginkgo2g, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gurzelen is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Forst
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Forst-Längenbühl, Thun, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.76347° or 46° 45′ 49″ northLongitude
7.52255° or 7° 31′ 21″ eastPopulation
374Elevation
650 metres (2,133 feet)Open location code
8FR9QG7F+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 240033894OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7670172Wikidata ID
Q689599
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Upper Sorbian—“Forst” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Forst”
- Dutch: “Forst”
- French: “Forst bei Längenbühl”
- French: “Forst”
- German: “Forst b. Längenbühl”
- German: “Forst BE”
- German: “Forst”
- Irish: “Forst”
- Italian: “Forst”
- Piemontese: “Forst”
- Portuguese: “Forst”
- Romansh: “Forst”
- Russian: “Форст”
- Spanish: “Forst”
- Swedish: “Forst”
- Turkish: “Forst”
- Upper Sorbian: “Forst”
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