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Bernese Highlands

Index Bernese Highlands

The Berner Oberland (German; Highlands, also referred to in the English-speaking tourism sector as the Bernese Oberland), is the higher part of the canton of Bern, Switzerland, in the southern end of the canton, and one of the canton's five administrative regions (in which context it is referred to as Oberland without further specification). [1]

132 relations: Aare, Act of Mediation, Adelboden, Albrecht von Haller, Aletsch Glacier, Alpine transhumance, Andermatt, Bäuert, Bern, Bern–Lötschberg–Simplon railway, Bernese Alps, Bernese German, Blüemlisalp, Brünig Pass, Brienz, Brienzer Rothorn, Bulle, Canton of Bern, Canton of Fribourg, Canton of Lucerne, Canton of Nidwalden, Canton of Oberland, Canton of Obwalden, Canton of Uri, Canton of Valais, Canton of Vaud, Central Switzerland, Col du Pillon, Diemtigen, Districts of Switzerland, Early Modern Switzerland, Engelberg, Erlenbach im Simmental, Frutigen, Frutigen District, Frutigen-Niedersimmental (administrative district), Funicular, Furka Pass, Gemmenalphorn, Gemmi Pass, Goms District, Gotthard railway, Grimsel Pass, Grindelwald, Gruyère District, Gruyères, Gsür, Gstaad, Hamlet (place), Hasliberg, ..., Helvetic Republic, High Alemannic German, High Middle Ages, Highest Alemannic German, Highland, Hohgant, Hohtürli, House of Zähringen, Imperial immediacy, Interlaken, Interlaken District, Interlaken-Oberhasli (administrative district), Jaun Pass, Joch Pass, Jungfrau, Jungfrau Railway, Jungfraujoch, Kander (Switzerland), Kander Neve, Kandersteg, Kingdom of Burgundy, Kleine Emme, Lake Brienz, Lake Geneva, Lake of Gruyère, Lake Thun, Lauterbrunnen, Lötschberg, Lötschberg Tunnel, Lütschine (river), Lenk im Simmental, Lucerne, Mansio, Market town, Mönch, Mürren, Meiringen, Melchsee-Frutt, Montreux, Niederhorn, Niedersimmental District, Niesen, Oberhasli, Obersimmental District, Obersimmental-Saanen (administrative district), Old Zürich War, Parish church, Rawil Pass, Reformation, Reuss (river), Rhône, Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion, Saane/Sarine, Saanen, Saanen District, Saanenmöser Pass, Sanetsch Pass, Sörenberg, Schilthorn, Schreckhorn, Sefinenfurgge Pass, Simme, Simmental, Spiez, Stockhorn, Susten Pass, Swiss Alps, Swiss German, Swiss Plateau, Switzerland, Switzerland in the Roman era, The Friend of God from the Oberland, Thun, Thun (administrative district), Thun District, Titlis, Tschingel Glacier, Walser German, Wengen, Wetterhorn, Yoke, Zweisimmen. Expand index (82 more) »

Aare

The Aare or Aar is a tributary of the High Rhine and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland.

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Act of Mediation

The Act of Mediation was issued by Napoleon Bonaparte on 19 February 1803 establishing the Swiss Confederation.

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Adelboden

Adelboden is a mountain village and a municipality in Switzerland, located in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the Bernese Highlands.

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Albrecht von Haller

Albrecht von Haller (also known as Albertus de Haller) (16 October 170812 December 1777) was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet.

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Aletsch Glacier

The Aletsch Glacier (Aletschgletscher) or Great Aletsch Glacier (Grosser Aletschgletscher) is the largest glacier in the Alps.

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Alpine transhumance

Alpine transhumance is transhumance as practiced in the Alps, that is, a seasonal droving of grazing livestock between the valleys in winter and the high mountain pastures in summer (German Alpwirtschaft, Almwirtschaft from the term for "seasonal mountain pasture", Alp, Alm).

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Andermatt

Andermatt (italic) is a mountain village and municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.

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Bäuert

In some areas of Switzerland (Berner Oberland or Graubünden) a Bäuert is a small farming community.

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Bern

Bern or Berne (Bern, Bärn, Berne, Berna, Berna) is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their (e.g. in German) Bundesstadt, or "federal city".

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Bern–Lötschberg–Simplon railway

The Bern–Lötschberg–Simplon railway (BLS), known between 1997 and 2006 as the BLS Lötschbergbahn, was a Swiss railway company.

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Bernese Alps

The Bernese Alps (Berner Alpen, Alpes bernoises, Alpi bernesi) are a mountain range of the Alps, located in western Switzerland.

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Bernese German

Bernese German (Standard German: Berndeutsch, Bärndütsch) is the dialect of High Alemannic German spoken in the Swiss plateau (Mittelland) part of the canton of Bern and in some neighbouring regions.

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Blüemlisalp

The Blüemlisalp is a massif of the Bernese Alps, in the territory of the municipalities of Kandersteg and Reichenbach im Kandertal.

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Brünig Pass

The Brünig Pass, at an altitude of, connects the Bernese Oberland and central Switzerland, linking Meiringen in the canton of Bern and Lungern in the canton of Obwalden.

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Brienz

Brienz is a village and municipality on the northern shore of Lake Brienz, at the foot of the Brienzer Rothorn mountain, and in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland.

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Brienzer Rothorn

The Brienzer Rothorn is a mountain of the Emmental Alps, in Switzerland.

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Bulle

Bulle (Bulo) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

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Canton of Bern

The canton of Bern (Bern, canton de Berne) is the second largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population.

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Canton of Fribourg

The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Friburg (canton de Fribourg, Freiburg) is located in western Switzerland.

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Canton of Lucerne

The canton of Lucerne (Kanton Luzern) is a canton of Switzerland.

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Canton of Nidwalden

The canton of Nidwalden, also canton of Nidwald (ˈnidˌvaldən) is a canton of Switzerland.

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Canton of Oberland

Oberland (German for Highlands) was the name of a canton of the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803), corresponding to the area of the Bernese Oberland, with its capital at Thun.

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Canton of Obwalden

The canton of Obwalden, also canton of Obwald (ˈɔbˌvaldən) is a canton of Switzerland.

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Canton of Uri

The canton of Uri (German: Kanton) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and a founding member of the Swiss Confederation.

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Canton of Valais

The canton of Valais (Kanton Wallis) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland, situated in the southwestern part of the country, around the valley of the Rhône from its headwaters to Lake Geneva, separating the Pennine Alps from the Bernese Alps.

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Canton of Vaud

The canton of Vaud is the third largest of the Swiss cantons by population and fourth by size.

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Central Switzerland

Central Switzerland is the region of the Alpine foothills geographically the heart and historically the origin of Switzerland, with the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Lucerne and Zug.

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Col du Pillon

Col du Pillon (el. 1546 m) is a mountain pass in the western Swiss Alps, linking Aigle, Le Sépey and Les Diablerets in the canton of Vaud with Gstaad in the canton of Berne.

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Diemtigen

Diemtigen is a village and a municipality of the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Districts of Switzerland

In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation.

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Early Modern Switzerland

The early modern history of the Old Swiss Confederacy (Eidgenossenschaft, also known as the "Swiss Republic" or Republica Helvetiorum) and its constituent Thirteen Cantons encompasses the time of the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) until the French invasion of 1798.

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Engelberg

Engelberg (lit.: mountain of angel(s)) is a village resort and a municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland.

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Erlenbach im Simmental

Erlenbach im Simmental is a municipality in the district of Niedersimmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Frutigen

Frutigen is a municipality in the Bernese Oberland in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Frutigen District

Frutigen District was a district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland with its seat at Frutigen.

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Frutigen-Niedersimmental (administrative district)

Frutigen-Niedersimmental District in the Canton of Bern was created on 1 January 2010.

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Funicular

A funicular is one of the modes of transport, along with a cable railway and an inclined elevator, which uses a cable traction for movement on a steep slope.

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Furka Pass

Furka Pass (le col de la Furka), with an elevation of, is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting Gletsch, Valais with Realp, Uri.

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Gemmenalphorn

The Gemmenalphorn is a mountain in the Emmental Alps.

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Gemmi Pass

Gemmi Pass is a high mountain pass across the Bernese Alps connecting Leukerbad (on the south) in the canton of Valais with Kandersteg (on the north) in the canton of Bern.

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Goms District

The district of Goms (District de Conches) is a district of the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

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Gotthard railway

The Gotthard railway (Gotthardbahn; Ferrovia del Gottardo) is the Swiss trans-alpine railway line from northern Switzerland to the canton of Ticino.

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Grimsel Pass

The Grimsel Pass (Grimselpass; Col du Grimsel) is a mountain pass in Switzerland, crossing the Bernese Alps at an elevation of.

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Grindelwald

Grindelwald is a village and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.

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Gruyère District

Gruyère (French: District de la Gruyère) is one of seven districts of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

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Gruyères

Gruyères (Greyerz) is a town in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

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Gsür

The Gsür is a mountain in the Bernese Alps at the very southeastern end of the Diemtigtal and soaring above Adelboden in the Entschligetal in the canton of canton of Bern.

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Gstaad

Gstaad is a village in the German-speaking section of the Canton of Bern in southwestern Switzerland.

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Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is a small human settlement.

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Hasliberg

Hasliberg is a Swiss municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern.

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Helvetic Republic

In Swiss history, the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803) represented an early attempt to impose a central authority over Switzerland, which until then had consisted of self-governing cantons united by a loose military alliance (and ruling over subject territories such as Vaud).

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High Alemannic German

High Alemannic is a dialect of Alemannic German spoken in the westernmost Austrian state of Voralberg, on the border with Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

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High Middle Ages

The High Middle Ages, or High Medieval Period, was the period of European history that commenced around 1000 AD and lasted until around 1250 AD.

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Highest Alemannic German

Highest Alemannic (Hegschtalemannisch) is a branch of Alemannic German and is often considered to be part of the German language, even though mutual intelligibility with Standard German and other non-Alemannic German dialects is very limited.

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Highland

Highlands or uplands are any mountainous region or elevated mountainous plateau.

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Hohgant

The Hohgant is a mountain of the Emmental Alps, located south of the Emmental in the canton of Berne.

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Hohtürli

The Hohtürli (Swiss German, literally means High Little Door) is a high Alpine hiking pass of the Bernese Alps.

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House of Zähringen

Zähringen is an old German noble family in Swabia, which founded a large number of cities in the area that is today Switzerland and the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

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Imperial immediacy

Imperial immediacy (Reichsfreiheit or Reichsunmittelbarkeit) was a privileged constitutional and political status rooted in German feudal law under which the Imperial estates of the Holy Roman Empire such as Imperial cities, prince-bishoprics and secular principalities, and individuals such as the Imperial knights, were declared free from the authority of any local lord and placed under the direct ("immediate", in the sense of "without an intermediary") authority of the Emperor, and later of the institutions of the Empire such as the Diet (Reichstag), the Imperial Chamber of Justice and the Aulic Council.

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Interlaken

Interlaken (lit.: between lakes) is a statistic town and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the Swiss canton of Bern.

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Interlaken District

Interlaken is a former district of the canton of Bern, now part of the Interlaken-Oberhasli district.

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Interlaken-Oberhasli (administrative district)

Interlaken-Oberhasli District in the Canton of Bern was created on 1 January 2010, uniting the former Interlaken and Oberhasli districts.

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Jaun Pass

Jaun Pass (German: Jaunpass, French: col de Bellegarde) is a high mountain pass (el. 1509 m.) in the Swiss Alps linking Charmey and Jaun in the canton of Fribourg with Reidenbach (part of the municipality of Boltigen) in the canton of Bern.

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Joch Pass

The Joch Pass (German: Jochpass) is a mountain pass of the Uri Alps, located between the Bernese Oberland and Central Switzerland, at the foot of the Titlis.

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Jungfrau

The Jungfrau ("maiden, virgin"The name Jungfrau ("maiden, virgin") of the peak is most likely derived from the name Jungfrauenberg given to Wengernalp, so named for the nuns of Interlaken Monastery, its historical owner, but the "virgin" peak was heavily romanticized as "goddess" or "priestess" in late 18th to 19th century Romanticism; after the first ascent in 1811 by Swiss alpinist Johann Rudolf Meyer, the peak was jokingly referred to as "Mme Meyer" (Mrs. Meyer).) at is one of the main summits of the Bernese Alps, located between the northern canton of Bern and the southern canton of Valais, halfway between Interlaken and Fiesch.

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Jungfrau Railway

The Jungfrau Railway (Jungfraubahn, JB) is a metre gauge (gauge) rack railway which runs from Kleine Scheidegg to the highest railway station in Europe at Jungfraujoch, between the Bernese Highlands and the Valais in Switzerland.

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Jungfraujoch

Jungfraujoch is a notable saddleSwiss and Austro-Bavarian German Joch (lit. "yoke") is a term for "ridge between two higher peaks" recorded in the 14th century (Grimm, Deutsches Wörterbuch "bereits im 14. jahrh. als ortsname: des gotzhus zwing und ban vahet an Rotenhalden und denne die roten bachtalen uf unz an den grat, und den grat obnan hin ob Grüblen hin iemerme, unz an Joch. und ab Joch unz an Stoerben. weisth. 1, 4 (Zürich)").

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Kander (Switzerland)

The Kander is a river in Switzerland.

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Kander Neve

The Kander Neve (Kanderfirn) is a long glacier (2005) of the Bernese Alps, situated south of Kandersteg in the canton of Berne.

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Kandersteg

Kandersteg is a municipality in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Kingdom of Burgundy

Kingdom of Burgundy was a name given to various states located in Western Europe during the Middle Ages.

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Kleine Emme

The Kleine Emme is a river of the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, a left tributary of the Reuss extending for 58 km, draining a basin of 477 km².

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Lake Brienz

Lake Brienz (Brienzersee) is a lake just north of the Alps, in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.

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Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva (le lac Léman or le Léman, sometimes le lac de Genève, Genfersee) is a lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France.

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Lake of Gruyère

Lake of Gruyère (Lac de la Gruyère; Lac de la Gruyère or Greyerzersee) is an artificial lake in the La Gruyère region of the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.

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Lake Thun

Lake Thun (Thunersee) is an Alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland named after the city of Thun, on its northern shore.

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Lauterbrunnen

Lauterbrunnen is a village and a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Lötschberg

The Lötschberg is an Alpine mountain massif and usually associated with a major, historically important transit axis of the Alps in Switzerland with, at its core, the Lötschen Pass (Lötschenpass, Swiss German: Lötschepass).

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Lötschberg Tunnel

The Lötschberg Tunnel is a long railway tunnel on the Lötschberg Line, which connects Spiez and Brig at the northern end of the Simplon Tunnel cutting through the Bernese Alps of Switzerland.

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Lütschine (river)

The Lütschine is a river in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland.

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Lenk im Simmental

Lenk im Simmental (or simply Lenk) is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Lucerne

Lucerne (Luzern; Lucerne; Lucerna; Lucerna; Lucerne German: Lozärn) is a city in central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of the country.

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Mansio

In the Roman Empire, a mansio (from the Latin word mansus the perfect passive participle of manere "to remain" or "to stay") was an official stopping place on a Roman road, or via, maintained by the central government for the use of officials and those on official business whilst travelling.

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Market town

Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the Middle Ages, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city.

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Mönch

The Mönch (German: "monk") at is a mountain in the Bernese Alps, in Switzerland.

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Mürren

Mürren is a traditional Walser mountain village in the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland, at an elevation of above sea level and it cannot be reached by public road.

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Meiringen

Meiringen is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Melchsee-Frutt

Melchsee-Frutt is a mountain resort village in Switzerland.

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Montreux

Montreux is a municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

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Niederhorn

The Niederhorn (elevation 1963 metres) is a peak of the Emmental Alps in the Bernese Oberland near Beatenberg.

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Niedersimmental District

Niedersimmental District was one of the 26 administrative districts in the canton of Bern, Switzerland.

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Niesen

The Niesen is a mountain peak of the Bernese Alps in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland.

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Oberhasli

The Oberhasli is a historical Landvogtei or Talschaft in the Bernese Highlands, Switzerland, bordering on the cantons of Obwalden (OW), Nidwalden (NW), Uri (UR) and Wallis (VS).

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Obersimmental District

Obersimmental District was one of the 26 administrative districts in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland.

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Obersimmental-Saanen (administrative district)

Obersimmental-Saanen District in the Canton of Bern was created on 1 January 2010.

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Old Zürich War

The Old Zurich War (Alter Zürichkrieg), 1440–46, was a conflict between the canton of Zurich and the other seven cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy over the succession to the Count of Toggenburg.

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Parish church

A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish.

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Rawil Pass

The Rawil Pass (el. 2429 m.) (German: Rawilpass) is a high mountain pass across the western Bernese Alps, connecting Lenk in the canton of Berne in Switzerland and Anzère or Crans Montana in the canton of Valais.

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Reformation

The Reformation (or, more fully, the Protestant Reformation; also, the European Reformation) was a schism in Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther and continued by Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin and other Protestant Reformers in 16th century Europe.

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Reuss (river)

The Reuss (Swiss German: Rüüss) is a river in Switzerland.

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Rhône

The Rhône (Le Rhône; Rhone; Walliser German: Rotten; Rodano; Rôno; Ròse) is one of the major rivers of Europe and has twice the average discharge of the Loire (which is the longest French river), rising in the Rhône Glacier in the Swiss Alps at the far eastern end of the Swiss canton of Valais, passing through Lake Geneva and running through southeastern France.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion

The Diocese of Sion (Dioecesis Sedunensis, Évêché de Sion, Bistum Sitten) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.

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Saane/Sarine

The Sarine (in French) or Saane (in German) is a major river of Switzerland.

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Saanen

Saanen (Gessenay) is a municipality in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.

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Saanen District

Saanen District was one of the 26 administrative districts in the canton of Bern, Switzerland.

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Saanenmöser Pass

Saanenmöser (el. 1279 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Bernese Oberland in the Alps in Switzerland.

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Sanetsch Pass

Sanetsch Pass (French: Col du Sanetsch or Col de Sénin) (el. 2242 m) is a high mountain pass in Switzerland across the western Bernese Alps, connecting Gsteig in the canton of Berne and Sion in the canton of Valais.

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Sörenberg

Sörenberg is a village in the Swiss Alps, located in the southern part of the canton of Lucerne.

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Schilthorn

The Schilthorn is a summit in Europe, in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland.

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Schreckhorn

The Schreckhorn (4,078 m) is a mountain in the Bernese Alps.

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Sefinenfurgge Pass

The Sefinafurgga (Swiss German, Germanized: Sefinenfurgge) is a mountain pass of the Bernese Alps.

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Simme

The river Simme is a tributary of the river Kander in the Bernese Oberland in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Simmental

The Simmental is an alpine valley in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland.

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Spiez

Spiez is a town and municipality on the shore of Lake Thun in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss canton of Bern.

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Stockhorn

The Stockhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the region of Lake Thun in the Bernese Oberland.

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Susten Pass

Susten Pass (German: Sustenpass) (el. 2260 m.) is a mountain pass in the Swiss Alps.

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Swiss Alps

The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps (Schweizer Alpen, Alpes suisses, Alpi svizzere, Alps svizras), represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.

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Swiss German

Swiss German (Standard German: Schweizerdeutsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch Mundart,Because of the many different dialects, and because there is no defined orthography for any of them, many different spellings can be found. and others) is any of the Alemannic dialects spoken in the German-speaking part of Switzerland and in some Alpine communities in Northern Italy bordering Switzerland.

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Swiss Plateau

The Swiss Plateau or Central Plateau (Schweizer Mittelland; plateau suisse; altopiano svizzero) is one of the three major landscapes in Switzerland alongside the Jura Mountains and the Swiss Alps.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Switzerland in the Roman era

The territory of modern Switzerland was a part of the Roman Republic and Empire for a period of about six centuries, beginning with the step-by-step conquest of the area by Roman armies from the 2nd century BC and ending with the decline of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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The Friend of God from the Oberland

The Friend of God from the Oberland (Der Gottesfreund vom Oberland, sometimes translated as "the friend of God from the Upland," or "the mysterious layman from the Oberland") was the name of a figure in Middle Ages German mysticism, associated with the Friends of God and the conversion of Johannes Tauler.

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Thun

Thun (Thoune) is a town and a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland with about 43,783 inhabitants (around 90,000 in the agglomeration), as of 31 December 2013.

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Thun (administrative district)

Thun District in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland was created on 1 January 2010.

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Thun District

Thun District was one of the 25 administrative districts in the canton of Bern, Switzerland.

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Titlis

Titlis is a mountain of the Uri Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Obwalden and Bern.

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Tschingel Glacier

The Tschingel Glacier (Tschingelfirn) is a 3 km long glacier (2005) situated in the Bernese Alps in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.

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Walser German

Walser German (Walserdeutsch) and Walliser German (Walliserdeutsch, locally Wallisertiitsch) form a group of Highest Alemannic dialects spoken in parts of Switzerland (Valais, Ticino, Grisons), Italy (Piedmont, Aosta Valley), Liechtenstein, and Austria (Vorarlberg).

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Wengen

Wengen is a mountain village in the Bernese Oberland of central Switzerland.

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Wetterhorn

The Wetterhorn (3,692 m) is a peak in the Swiss Alps towering above the village of Grindelwald.

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Yoke

A yoke is a wooden beam normally used between a pair of oxen or other animals to enable them to pull together on a load when working in pairs, as oxen usually do; some yokes are fitted to individual animals.

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Zweisimmen

Zweisimmen is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Berner Oberland, Bernese Oberland, Bernese highlands, Bernese upper country, Bernse Oberland.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernese_Highlands

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