The Bernese Oberland (German: Berner Oberland; Alemannic German: Bärner Oberland; French: Oberland bernois), sometimes also known as the Bernese Highlands, is the highest and southernmost part of the canton of Bern. It is one of the canton's five administrative regions (in which context it is referred to as Oberland without further specification). It constitutes the Alpine region of the canton and the northern side of the Bernese Alps, including many of its highest peaks, among which the Finsteraarhorn (4,274 m (14,022 ft)), the highest in both range and canton.
The region essentially coincides with the upper basin of the Aare, the latter notably including Lake Thun and Lake Brienz, the two large lakes of the region. On the banks of the lakes or the Aare are the main settlements of Thun, Spiez, Interlaken, Brienz and Meiringen. The numerous side valleys of the Bernese Oberland include a large number of Alpine villages, many of them being tourist resorts and connected by mountain railways to Spiez and Interlaken. The Lötschberg, a major north-south axis through the Alps, links the region with both the capital of the canton, Bern, and its sizable southern neighbour, the canton of Valais.
The flag of the Bernese Oberland consists of a black eagle in a gold field (in reference to the region's old status as reichsfrei) over two fields in the cantonal colours of red and black.
The Swiss German dialects spoken in the Bernese Oberland are Highest Alemannic German, contrasting with the High Alemannic Bernese German spoken in Bern and the northern parts of the canton.
In the short-lived Helvetic Republic (1798–1803), the Bernese Oberland was a separate canton.
The BerneseOberland (German: Berner Oberland; Alemannic German: Bärner Oberland; French: Oberland bernois), sometimes also known as the Bernese Highlands...
Switzerland: the Jura Mountains (the Bernese Jura), the Swiss Plateau (the Bernese Mittelland) and the Alps (the BerneseOberland). The canton of Bern is bilingual...
suggests that they are located in the Berner Oberland region of the canton of Bern, portions of the Bernese Alps are in the adjacent cantons of Valais,...
forms part of the Jungfrau Region of the BerneseOberland, between Interlaken and the main crest of the Bernese Alps. Similarly to Lauterbrunnen, Grindelwald...
forms part of the Jungfrau Region of the BerneseOberland, between Interlaken and the main crest of the Bernese Alps. Similarly to Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen...
Schilthorn near Mürren in the BerneseOberland, Switzerland. The cable car station and the restaurant were designed by Bernese architect Konrad Wolf. The...
Blausee (literally: Blue Lake) is a lake in BerneseOberland, Kandergrund, Switzerland. It is located near the Kander river. The lake has an elevation...
Mönch, the Jungfrau forms a massive wall of mountains overlooking the BerneseOberland and the Swiss Plateau, one of the most distinctive sights of the Swiss...
Jungfrau Region (German: Jungfrauregion) is a region of the BerneseOberland, at the foot of the Bernese Alps. It consists of two valleys south of Interlaken:...
breed of domestic goat. It takes its name from the Saanental in the BerneseOberland, in the southern part of the Canton of Bern, in western Switzerland...
This is a list of ski areas and resorts in Switzerland. There is a separate list for the cross-country skiing trails: List of cross-country skiing trails...
a summit in Europe, in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland. It overlooks the valley of Lauterbrunnen in the BerneseOberland, and is the highest mountain...
his Neuchâtel home which he believed originated to the west in the BerneseOberland. Because of his work he came to be known as the "father of the ice-age...
Oberland (German for Highlands) was the name of a canton of the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803), corresponding to the area of the BerneseOberland, with...
yacht. The school's winter campus, at the ski resort of Gstaad in the BerneseOberland, is composed of several traditional chalets within the town. The girls'...
967-metre (13,015 ft) mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the BerneseOberland of Switzerland, just north of the main...
Bern. It is an important and well-known tourist destination in the BerneseOberland region of the Swiss Alps, and the main transport gateway to the mountains...
named after the Simmental – the valley of the Simme river – in the BerneseOberland, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The breed is typically reddish...
exceptions of lakes in the Engadin such as Lake Sils, and Oeschinen in the BerneseOberland). The melting of low-altitude glaciers can generate new lakes, such...
eastern boundary of Vaud with the upper Saane/Sarine valley of the BerneseOberland. Cutting across the High Alps at Les Diablerets, the boundary then...
Davos, Graubünden. Due to the prominence of the Bernese Alps in British mountaineering, the BerneseOberland was long especially known as a tourist destination...
waterfall cascade of seven steps on the stream called Rychenbach in the BerneseOberland region of Switzerland. They drop over a total height of about 250 metres...
and Europe. The Jungfrau Railway runs from Kleine Scheidegg in the BerneseOberland, through the Jungfrau Tunnel (inside the Eiger and Mönch) and crosses...
village and municipality on the southern shore of Lake Brienz in the BerneseOberland region of Switzerland. Politically, the municipality is located in...
God and the conversion of Johannes Tauler. His name comes from the BerneseOberland. In Story of the First Four Years of a New Life, Rulman Merswin writes:...
and the Lake Constance area. Speakers of Highest Alemannic in the BerneseOberland, Upper Valais and the Walser settlements in Central Switzerland, Grisons...
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