Burgistein
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Burgistein is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Burgistein
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Schloss Burgistein 03 10.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Burgistein Castle
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Burgistein COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Burgistein Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Bern
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-BE
- Swiss town.district
- Thun
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3664
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 0863
- Swiss town.area
- 7.5
- Swiss town.elevation
- 763
- Swiss town.population
- 1021
- Swiss town.populationof
- Dec 2011
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2011
- Swiss town.website
- www.burgistein.ch
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Gurzelen, Kirchdorf, Lohnstorf, Noflen, Riggisberg, Rüti bei Riggisberg, Seftigen, Wattenwil
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Burgistein
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Berne
- Official language
- German
- Population
- 1070
- Area
- 7.52
- Elevation
- 746
- Shares border with
- Wattenwil
- Official website
- www.burgistein.ch
- Image
- Schloss Burgistein 03 10.jpg
- Dialing code
- 033
- Licence plate code
- BE
Show 4 more facts
- postal code
- 3664
- Commons category
- Burgistein
- P8168
- Joshua L. Martin
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/863
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- References
- Notes
- External links
Burgistein is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
==History== Burgistein is first mentioned in 1266 as Burgstein and in 1271 as Burgenstein.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Burgistein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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