Burgistein
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Burgistein is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Bern and Municipalities of the canton of Bern.
Vinony links it to 27 Wikipedia language editions.
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
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- postal code
- 3664
- Commons category
- Burgistein
- P8168
- Joshua L. Martin
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/863
Sources (8)
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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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On the map
2 mapped locations