Schwarzenburg District

Schwarzenburg District is one of the 26 administrative districts in the , . Its capital, while having administrative power, was the town of , located in the municipality of .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Locality with 6,740 residents
  • Description: former district of the canton of Bern
  • Also known as: “Amtsbezirk Schwarzenburg” and “CH0855”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Schwarzenburg railway station and Grasburg Castle.

Railway station
Photo: Chrisaliv, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of . It is the southern terminus of the standard gauge Bern–Schwarzenburg line of BLS AG.

Castle
Photo: WWHenderson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a ruined castle in the municipality of of the in . It is the largest castle ruin in the Canton of Bern. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Castle
Photo: Ginkgo2g, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schwarzenburg and Wahlern.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of in the canton of in . It was created on 1 January 2011 through the merger of the municipalities of and .

Village
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is a former municipality of the canton of Bern in and seat of the . On 1 January 2011, the former municipalities of and merged in the new municipality of .

Village
Photo: LuFiLa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in . It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.

Schwarzenburg District

Latitude
46.8176° or 46° 49′ 3″ north
Longitude
7.3428° or 7° 20′ 34″ east
Population
6,740
Elevation
795 metres (2,608 feet)
Open location code
8FR9R89V+24
Geo­Names ID
8260339
Wiki­data ID
Q665636
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Vietnamese—“Schwarzenburg District” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Amtsbeziak Schwarzenburg”
  • Catalan: “districte de Schwarzenburg”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Schwarzenburg”
  • Chinese: “Schwarzenburg Koān”
  • Chuvash: “Шварценбург”
  • Dutch: “Schwarzenburg”
  • Esperanto: “Amtsbezirk Schwarzenburg”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Schwarzenburg”
  • Esperanto: “Schwarzenburg”
  • Esperanto: “Schwarzenburgerland”
  • French: “district de Schwarzenburg”
  • French: “District de Schwarzenburg”
  • German: “Amtsbezirk Schwarzenburg”
  • German: “Bezirk Schwarzenburg”
  • German: “Schwarzenburg”
  • German: “Schwarzenburgerland”
  • Italian: “distretto di Schwarzenburg”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Schwarzenburg”
  • Japanese: “シュヴァルツェンブルク郡”
  • Latin: “Schwarzenburg”
  • Lombard: “Schwarzenburg”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Schwarzenburg Koān”
  • Russian: “Шварценбург”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Schwarzenburg”
  • Swedish: “Schwarzenburg”
  • Swiss German: “Bezirk Schwarzeburg”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Bezirk Schwarzenburg”
  • Vietnamese: “Schwarzenburg”

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