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Oberstocken

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Also known as Oberstocken BE

Oberstocken is a former municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Oberstocken, Niederstocken and Höfen merged into the new municipality of Stocken-Höfen.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Oberstocken
Swiss town.municipality_type
former
Swiss town.image_photo
Oberstocken-von-Stockhorn.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption
Oberstocken village from the peak of the Stockhorn
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Oberstocken COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Oberstocken Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Bern
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-BE
Swiss town.district
Thun
Swiss town.postal_code
3632
Swiss town.municipality_code
0765
Swiss town.area
4.1
Swiss town.elevation
691
Swiss town.population
277
Swiss town.populationof
Dec 2011
Swiss town.popofyear
2011
Swiss town.website
www.oberstocken.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Därstetten, Erlenbach im Simmental, Höfen, Niederstocken, Pohlern

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • Civil Defense
  • References

Oberstocken is a former municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Oberstocken, Niederstocken and Höfen merged into the new municipality of Stocken-Höfen.

==History== thumb|Aerial view of Amsoldinger Lake, Höfen and Oberstocken (1952)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oberstocken” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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