Thun power station
Thun power station is an industrial building in Steffisburg, Thun District, Canton of Bern which is located on Scheibenstrasse. Thun power station is situated nearby to the power station AAREwerke Thun, as well as near Selve-Park.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Industrial building
- Also known as: “AAREwerk62”
- Address: Scheibenstrasse 20a, Thun, 3600
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Thun Castle and Schwäbis railway station.
Thun Castle
Thun Castle is a castle in the city of Thun, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It was built in the 12th century, today houses the Thun Castle museum, and is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Thun Castle is situated 690 metres east of Thun power station.
Schwäbis railway station
Railway stop
Schwäbis railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Steffisburg, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is located on the standard gauge Burgdorf–Thun line of BLS AG. Schwäbis railway station is situated 190 metres northwest of Thun power station.
Thun railway station
Railway station
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thun is a railway station in the town of Thun, in the Swiss canton of Bern. At the station, the Swiss Federal Railways owned Bern to Thun main line makes a junction with the other lines, all owned by the BLS AG. Thun railway station is situated 1 km southeast of Thun power station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thun and Steffisburg.
Thun
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thun is a small city in the Bernese Highlands of Bern Canton, Switzerland. Its surface area is 21.7 km², and it had about 44,000 inhabitants in 2017.
Steffisburg
Town
Photo: Clark park, Public domain.
Steffisburg is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of Schwendibach merged into the municipality of Steffisburg.
Allmendingen bei Thun
Neighborhood
Strättligen is a former municipality of the Swiss canton of Bern, since 1920 incorporated into the municipality of Thun. Its area accounts for roughly the southern half of the territory of present-day Thun municipality, including the districts of Scherzligen, Dürrenast, Neufeld, Allmendingen, Buchholz, Schoren, Gwatt. Allmendingen bei Thun is situated 3 km southwest of Thun power station.
Thun power station
- Categories: run-of-river hydroelectric power station, building, and industry
- Location: Steffisburg, Thun District, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.76168° or 46° 45′ 42″ northLongitude
7.62129° or 7° 37′ 17″ eastInception
1962Operator
Energie ThunOpen location code
8FR9QJ6C+MGOpenStreetMap ID
way 457350302OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialWikidata ID
Q63373317
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In Other Languages
“Thun power station” goes by many names.
- German: “Kraftwerk Thun”
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Highlights include AAREwerke Thun and Selve-Park.
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