Burgistein
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
Article
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.