- Beatenberg
Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Beatenberg
municipality_name = Beatenberg
municipality_type = municipality
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languages = German
canton = Berne
iso-code-region = CH-BE
district = Interlaken
lat_d=46|lat_m=41|lat_NS=N|long_d=7|long_m=47|long_EW=E
postal_code = 3803
municipality_code = 0571
area = 29.2
elevation = 1129|elevation_description= 559-2063 m
population = 1195|populationof=2002
website = www.beatenberg.ch
mayor = Verena Moser|mayor_asof=|mayor_party=
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neighboring_municipalities=Sigriswil ,Unterseen
twintowns = |Beatenberg is a municipality in the Interlaken district of the canton of Berne in
Switzerland .Geography
Beatenberg is located in the
Bernese Oberland on a steppe beneath theNiederhorn and high aboveLake Thun . Beatenberg affords good views of theJungfrau Group (Eiger,Mönch andJungfrau ).Beatenberg is linked to
Beatenbucht on Lake Thun by theThunersee-Beatenberg Bahn funicular , which connects with shipping services on the lake. TheSeilbahnen Beatenberg-Niederhorn , agondola lift , runs to the summit of the Niederhorn.Points of interest
The local saint is Saint Beatus. According to legend, Beatus was a missionary who came from
Ireland to Lake Thun and who there expelled a dragon from the caves above Sundlauenen. His domicile in the dragon's cave has become a place of pilgrimage. Even today, the kilometre-long limestone cave with its subterranean lakes is a main tourist attraction of the locality.Famous Inhabitants
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Albert Samuel Gatschet (1832-1907), ethnologue and linguist, born in Beatenberg
*Erich von Däniken (1935), author, currently living in BeatenbergExternal links
* [http://www.beatenberg.ch Offizielle Website der Municipality of Beatenberg]
*HDS|326|Beatenberg
* [http://www.beatenbergbilder.ch Private Homepage] with pictures and information
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