Canton of Bern
Thun
Stocken-Höfen

Höfen

Höfen is a former municipality in the administrative district of in the canton of Bern in . On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Höfen, and merged into the new municipality of .
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  • Type: Village with 444 residents
  • Description: village and former municipality in Stocken-Höfen in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Hoefen”, “Hofen”, “Höfen b. Thun”, “Höfen BE”, “Höfen bei Thun”, and “Höfen, Thun”
  • Address: Höfen bei Thun, Stocken-Höfen

Places of Interest

Highlights include Amsoldingen Castle and Amsoldingersee.

Castle
Photo: Mike Switzerland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a castle in the in the in . The castle and associated former collegiate church of St. Mauritius are a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Photo: Hadi, CC0.
is small adjacent to the town of , in the Upper Gürbetal. It is located near the city of , . The lake has a surface area of 38 hectares and a maximum length of 1.1 km and width of 500 m.

Castle
Photo: Ma Sch Hoe, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oberstocken and Amsoldingen.

Village
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is a former municipality in the administrative district of in the canton of in . On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of , and Höfen merged into the new municipality of .

Village
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is a municipality in the in the canton of in .

Village
is a municipality in the administrative district of in the canton of Bern in .

Höfen

Latitude
46.72118° or 46° 43′ 16″ north
Longitude
7.56364° or 7° 33′ 49″ east
Population
444
Elevation
689 metres (2,260 feet)
Open location code
8FR9PHC7+FF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240116993
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
11791359
Wiki­data ID
Q66129
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Höfen” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Höfen”
  • Chinese: “赫芬”
  • Chuvash: “Хёфен-Тун”
  • Dutch: “Höfen bei Thun”
  • Dutch: “Höfen”
  • Esperanto: “Glend”
  • Esperanto: “Hoefen bei Thun”
  • Esperanto: “Hoefen ĉe Thun”
  • Esperanto: “Höfen bei Thun”
  • Esperanto: “Höfen ĉe Thun”
  • Esperanto: “Schindleren”
  • Esperanto: “Speck”
  • Esperanto: “Speckhubel”
  • Esperanto: “Unter der Egg”
  • French: “Hofen bei Thun”
  • French: “Höfen bei Thun”
  • German: “Höfen BE”
  • German: “Höfen bei Thun”
  • Hungarian: “Höfen”
  • Irish: “Höfen”
  • Italian: “Höfen”
  • Kazakh: “Хёфен-Тун”
  • Lombard: “Höfen”
  • Malay: “Höfen, Thun”
  • Malay: “Höfen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Höfen bei Thun”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Höfen i Thun”
  • Piemontese: “Höfen”
  • Portuguese: “Höfen”
  • Romansh: “Höfen bei Thun”
  • Romansh: “Höfen”
  • Russian: “Хёфен-бай-Тун”
  • Russian: “Хефен-Тун”
  • Russian: “Хёфен-Тун”
  • Spanish: “Hofen bei Thun”
  • Spanish: “Höfen bei Thun”
  • Swedish: “Höfen”
  • Swiss German: “Höfe”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Höfen bei Thun”
  • Turkish: “Höfen”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Höfen”
  • Vietnamese: “Höfen bei Thun”
  • Volapük: “Höfen bei Thun”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Höfen bei Thun”
  • Welsh: “Höfen”
  • “Höfen bei Thun”

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