Dufour barraks

Dufour barraks is a building in Thun, Canton of Bern. Dufour barraks is situated nearby to the sports venue DSH, as well as near MZH.

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Type: Building
Description: military building in Thun in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
Also known as: “Dufourkaserne”
Address: 267, Kasernen, Thun, 3600

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Panzermuseum Thun and Thun Castle.

Panzermuseum Thun

Museum

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The Panzermuseum Thun was a museum in Thun in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. Exhibited in the museum were foreign and Swiss tanks as well as examples of Swiss self-propelled artillery and static artillery. Panzermuseum Thun is situated 330 metres southwest of Dufour barraks.

Thun Castle

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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 1 km east of Dufour barraks.

Thun railway station

Railway station

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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 1¼ km southeast of Dufour barraks.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Allmendingen bei Thun and 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.

Steffisburg

Town

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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.

Heimberg

Village

Heimberg is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Heimberg is situated 3 km north of Dufour barraks.

Dufour barraks

Categories: built structure and barracks
Location: Thun, Thun District, Canton of Bern, Bernese Highlands, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.75995° or 46° 45′ 36″ north

Longitude

7.61634° or 7° 36′ 59″ east

Elevation

559 metres (1,834 feet)

Open location code

8FR9QJ58+XG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 55340838

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q29675481

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In Other Languages

“Dufour barraks” goes by many names.

German: “Dufourkaserne”

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Highlights include DSH and MZH.

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