Obersimmental-Saanen
Obersimmental-Saanen District in the Canton of Bern was created on 1 January 2010. It is part of the Oberland administrative region. It contains 7 municipalities with an area of 574.88 km2 and a population of 16,784.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: administrative district of the canton of Bern with 16,700 residents
- Description: administrative district of the canton of Bern, Switzerland (Verwaltungskreis)
- Also known as: “Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district” and “Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rinderberg and Giferspitz.
Rinderberg
Peak
Photo: Arianna Di Bianco, CC BY 3.0.
The Rinderberg is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located between Gstaad and St. Stephan in the Bernese Oberland. It lies at the northern end of the range that separates the valley of the Saane from the Simmental, north of the Wildhorn.
Giferspitz
Peak
Photo: Mangemanche, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Giferspitz is a 2,542 metres high mountain in the western Bernese Alps, overlooking Gstaad in the canton of Berne. It is the highest summit of the massif between Gstaad and Lenk, north of the Wildhorn.
Wistätthorn
Peak
Photo: Waldteufel78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Wistätthorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located west of Lenk in the Bernese Oberland. Wistätthorn is situated 3½ km southeast of Obersimmental-Saanen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gstaad.
Gstaad
Photo: Patrick Nouhailler’s…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gstaad is a mountain resort in the Bernese Highlands in Switzerland. The village is at 1050 m altitude, with local skiing only up to 2200 m, but it's linked by ski-lift to the higher areas of Les Diablerets.
Obersimmental-Saanen
- Location: Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Obersimmental-Saanen” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقاطعة أوبيرسيمينتال سانين”
- Basque: “Obersimmental-Saanen barruti administratiboa”
- Bavarian: “Vawoitungskroas Obasimmentoi-Saanen”
- Belarusian: “Обэрзымэнталь-Занэн”
- Catalan: “Districte administratiu de l’Obersimmental-Saanen”
- Catalan: “Districte administratiu del Obersimmental-Saanen”
- Cebuano: “Obersimmental-Saanen District”
- Chinese: “Obersimmental-Saanen Koān”
- Chinese: “上西门塔尔-萨嫩区”
- Czech: “Okres Obersimmental-Saanen”
- Dutch: “district Obersimmental-Saanen”
- Dutch: “Obersimmental-Saanen”
- Dutch: “Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen”
- Esperanto: “distrikto Supra Simme-Valo-Saanen”
- Esperanto: “Obersimmental-Saanen”
- Esperanto: “Supra Simme-Valo-Saanen”
- French: “Arrondissement administratif du Haut-Simmental - Gessenay”
- French: “arrondissement administratif du Haut-Simmental et Gessenay”
- French: “Arrondissement administratif du Haut-Simmental-Gessenay”
- French: “Haut-Simmental-Gessenay”
- French: “Obersimmental-Saanen”
- German: “Obersimmental-Saanen”
- German: “Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen”
- Italian: “Circondario di Obersimmental-Saanen”
- Japanese: “オーバージンメンタール＝ザーネン”
- Latin: “Obersimmental-Saanen”
- Lombard: “Obersimmental-Saanen”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Obersimmental-Saanen Koān”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Obersimmental-Saanen”
- Polish: “Obersimmental-Saanen”
- Portuguese: “Distrito administrativo de Obersimmental-Saanen”
- Portuguese: “Obersimmental-Saanen”
- Romansh: “Circul administrativ da l’Obersimmental-Saanen”
- Russian: “Оберзимменталь-Занен”
- Slovenian: “Upravno okrožje Obersimmental - Saanen”
- Spanish: “Distrito administrativo de Obersimmental Saanen”
- Spanish: “Distrito administrativo de Obersimmental-Saanen”
- Spanish: “Distrito administrativo de Saanen Obersimmental”
- Spanish: “Distrito administrativo de Saanen-Obersimmental”
- Swedish: “Obersimmental-Saanen District”
- Swedish: “Obersimmental-Saanen”
- Swiss German: “Verwautigskreis Obersimmetal-Saane”
- Tosk Albanian: “Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen”
- Ukrainian: “Оберзіменталь-Заанен”
- Ukrainian: “Оберзімменталь-Заанен”
- Venetian: “Çircondario de Obersimmental-Saanen”
- Waray (Philippines): “Obersimmental-Saanen”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Schulh and Turbach.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Amsleregrat and Parwengesattel.
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