Obere Balme

Obere Balme is a locality in Kandergrund, Frutigen-Niedersimmental, Canton of Bern and has an elevation of 1,277 metres. Obere Balme is situated nearby to the locality Hore, as well as near the neighborhood Inner Kandergrund.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Elsighorn and Blausee.

Elsighorn

Peak

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The Elsighorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps, overlooking Kandergrund in the Bernese Oberland.

Blausee

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Blausee is a lake in Bernese Oberland, Kandergrund, Switzerland. It is located near the Kander river. The lake has an elevation of 887 metres and an area of 0.64 hectares.

Kandergrund power station

Industrial building

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Kandergrund power station is an industrial building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mitholz and Frutigen.

Mitholz

Hamlet

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Mitholz or Blausee-Mitholz is a village in Kandergrund municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland, with 170 inhabitants as of 2020. Blausee-Mitholz is a station on the Lötschberg railway line. Mitholz is situated 3 km southeast of Obere Balme.

Frutigen

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Frutigen is a town of 6,900 people in the Swiss Canton of Berne and the site of the northern portal of the Lötschberg-Base-Tunnel that opened for railway traffic in 2007.

Kandersteg

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Kandersteg is a village in the Bernese Highlands in Switzerland. Located in the heart of the Alps, Kandersteg is the perfect location to explore the mountains and observe the traditional Swiss alpine lifestyle and it is also on the edge of the Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch UNESCO world heritage site.

Obere Balme

Type: Locality
Location: Kandergrund, Frutigen-Niedersimmental, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.5465° or 46° 32′ 47″ north

Longitude

7.64855° or 7° 38′ 55″ east

Elevation

1,277 metres (4,190 feet)

Open location code

8FR9GJWX+JC

GeoNames ID

11465449

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In Other Languages

“Obere Balme” goes by many names.

German: “Obere Balme”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hore and Inner Kandergrund.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Chilchhore and Station Blausee-Mitholz.

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