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Kirchenthurnen
Sign in to saveKirchenthurnen is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the former municipalities of Kirchenthurnen, Lohnstorf and Mühlethurnen merged to form the municipality of Thurnen.
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Place details
- Locality
- Thurnen
- Region
- Bern/Berne
- Country
- Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
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Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Kirchenthurnen
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Kirche_Kirchenthurnen.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- former
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Kirchenthurnen COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Kirchenthurnen Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Bern
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-BE
- Swiss town.district
- Bern-Mittelland
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3128
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 0873
- Swiss town.area
- 1.3
- Swiss town.elevation
- 612
- Swiss town.population
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Kirchenthurnen
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Berne
- Official language
- Swiss High German
- Population
- +279
- Area
- +1.23
- Elevation
- +612
- Official website
- www.kirchenthurnen.ch
- Image
- Kirchenthurnen.jpg
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Kirchenthurnen is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the former municipalities of Kirchenthurnen, Lohnstorf and Mühlethurnen merged to form the municipality of Thurnen.
==History== Kirchenthurnen is first mentioned in 1228 as Tornes. Until 1860 it was known as Thurnen. The name was changed to prevent confusion with the municipality of Mühlethurnen.