Obere Schwand

Obere Schwand is a hamlet in Lauperswil, Emmental, Canton of Bern. Obere Schwand is situated nearby to the locality Schüsseli, as well as near Brachli.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wartenstein Castle and Neumühle railway station.

Wartenstein Castle

Castle

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Wartenstein Castle is a castle, now in ruins, located in the municipality of Lauperswil in the Canton of Bern of Switzerland. Wartenstein Castle is situated 3½ km west of Obere Schwand.

Neumühle railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Lauperswil, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop and request stop on the standard gauge Solothurn–Langnau line of BLS AG.

Emmenmatt railway station

Railway station

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Emmenmatt railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Lauperswil, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Bern–Lucerne line of Swiss Federal Railways. Emmenmatt railway station is situated 4 km southwest of Obere Schwand.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lauperswil and Rüderswil.

Lauperswil

Village

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Lauperswil is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Lauperswil is situated 3 km southwest of Obere Schwand.

Rüderswil

Village

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Rüderswil is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Rüderswil is situated 4 km west of Obere Schwand.

Langnau im Emmental

Village

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Langnau im Emmental is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is situated in the upper Emmental between Bern and Lucerne. Langnau im Emmental is situated 4 km south of Obere Schwand.

Obere Schwand

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Lauperswil, Emmental, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.97607° or 46° 58′ 34″ north

Longitude

7.77526° or 7° 46′ 31″ east

Open location code

8FR9XQGG+C4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4795098752

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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