Oberbalm
Sign in to saveOberbalm, is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Oberbalm
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Oberbalm Stöckli Übersicht.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Oberbalm COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Oberbalm Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Bern
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-BE
- Swiss town.district
- Bern-Mittelland
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3096
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 0357
- Swiss town.area
- 12.40
- Swiss town.elevation
- 821
- Swiss town.mayor
- Philippe Schenk
- Swiss town.places
- Borisried
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Köniz, Niedermuhlern, Rüeggisberg, Wahlern, Wald
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Oberbalm, is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
==History== Oberbalm is first mentioned in 1228 as Balmes. The village grew up around a medieval pilgrimage site. It was part of the lands of the counts of Laupen-Sternberg, who lived in a castle near Oberbalm above the Scherliau river. In 1388, Bern acquired rights over the region, and Oberbalm became part of the Bernese court of Sternberg. It remained a part of Sternberg until 1803 when it became part of the Oberamt of Bern. In 1831 the Oberamt was dissolved and Oberbalm was transferred to the successor Amtsbezirk of Bern.