Beatenberg

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Coordinates: 46°41′N 7°47′E

Beatenberg
Canton	Berne
District	Interlaken
Coordinates	46°41′N 7°47′E
Population	1195   (2002)
Area	29.2 km²
Elevation	559-2063 m
Postal code	3803
SFOS number	0571
Mayor	Verena Moser
Website	www.Beatenberg.ch
Surrounded by	Sigriswil, Unterseen
Beatenberg

Beatenberg is a municipality in the Interlaken district of the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Points of Interest 3 Famous Inhabitants 4 External links

[edit] Geography

Beatenberg is located in the Bernese Oberland on a steppe beneath the Niederhorn and high above Lake Thun. Beatenberg affords good views of the Jungfrau Group (Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau).

Beatenberg is linked to Beatenbucht on Lake Thun by the Thunersee-Beatenberg Bahn funicular, which connects with shipping services on the lake. The Seilbahnen Beatenberg-Niederhorn, a gondola lift, runs to the summit of the Niederhorn.

[edit] Points of Interest

The local saint is Saint Beatus. According to legend, Beatus was a missionary who came from Ireland to Lake Thun and who there expelled a dragon from the caves above Sundlauenen. His domicile in the dragon's cave has become a place of pilgrimage. Even today, the kilometre-long limestone cave with its subterranean lakes is a main tourist attraction of the locality.

[edit] Famous Inhabitants

• Albert Samuel Gatschet (1832-1907), ethnologue and linguist, born in Beatenberg

[edit] External links

• Offizielle Website der Municipality of Beatenberg
• Beatenberg in German, French or Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
• Private Homepage with pictures and information