Lauenen
Also known as Lauenen BE, Lauvine, Lavina, an der Lowinon
Lauenen (French: Lauvine, Romansh: Lavina) is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Lauenen
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Lauenen COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Lauenen Flag.svg
- Swiss town.image_photo
- LauenenKirche.JPG
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Lauenen village and church
- Swiss town.canton
- Bern
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-BE
- Swiss town.district
- Obersimmental-Saanen
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3782
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 0842
- Swiss town.area
- 58.7
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Lauenen (French: Lauvine, Romansh: Lavina) is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
==History== thumb|left|Tally sticks from Alp Blattiberg (Lauenen municipality), 1786/1815. Front: name of entitled person, reverse: notches for cow rights. For this alp, there are 87 cow rights divided among 23 owners. Lauenen is first mentioned in 1296 as an der Lowinon. Lauenen is known as an area with substantial danger of landslides and avalanches, which is the origin of its name (German Lawine "landslide," from Latin labina "slide").
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