Habkern

Also known as Habkern BE

Habkern is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The municipality includes the settlements of Bohlseiten, Bort, Schwendi and Mittelbäuert.

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Swiss town.subject_name: Habkern
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.image_photo: Habkern-Mittelbaeuert.jpg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Habkern Flag.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Habkern COA.svg
Swiss town.canton: Bern
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-BE
Swiss town.district: Interlaken-Oberhasli
Swiss town.postal_code: 3804
Swiss town.municipality_code: 0579
Swiss town.area: 51.1
Swiss town.elevation: 1055
Swiss town.population: 638
Swiss town.populationof: Dec 2010
Swiss town.popofyear: 2010
Swiss town.website: www.habkern.ch
Swiss town.mayor: Walter Zurbuchen
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Schangnau, Flühli (LU), Oberried am Brienzersee, Niederried bei Interlaken, Unterseen, Beatenberg and Eriz

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Habkern
Population: 644
Area: 51.03
Elevation: 1646
Official website: www.habkern.ch
Image: 2011-07-25-Habkern (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 079.JPG
Dialing code: 033
Licence plate code: BE

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Commons category: Habkern
postal code: 3804
P8168: list of state leaders in 906
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/579

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==Origin of the name== The name Habkern comes from the Old High German word habuh (“hawk”) and the ending -arra, indicating that something is in large numbers. Habkern is thus “”the place where there are many hawks”.