- Guttannen
Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Guttannen
municipality_name = Guttannen
municipality_type = municipality
imagepath_coa = Guttannen-coat of arms.svg|pixel_coa=
languages = German
canton = Berne
iso-code-region = CH-BE
district = Oberhasli
lat_d=46|lat_m=39|lat_NS=N|long_d=8|long_m=17|long_EW=E
postal_code = 3864
municipality_code = 0782
area = 200.7
elevation = 1057|elevation_description=
population = 327|populationof = January 2005 | popofyear = 2005
website = www.guttannen.ch
mayor = Esther Messerli|mayor_asof=|mayor_party=
mayor_title = |list_of_mayors =
places =
demonym =
neighboring_municipalities=Fieschertal (VS),Gadmen ,Grindelwald ,Innertkirchen ,Münster-Geschinen (VS),Obergesteln (VS),Oberwald (VS),Ulrichen (VS)
twintowns = |Guttannen is a municipality in the district of Oberhasli in the canton of Bern in
Switzerland .By Swiss standards, its area is colossal; it is larger than the entire
Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden . It is also an evangelical-reformedparish .Guttannen is the name of a meadow, which became the name of the municipality. It comes from the phrase "ze den guoten tannen" (by the good firs).
Geography
Guttannen lies in the
Bernese Oberland nearGrimsel Pass . It is the highest settlement in theHaslital . The adjacent municipalities from the north clockwise areInnertkirchen ,Gadmen ,Oberwald ,Obergesteln ,Ulrichen ,Münster-Geschinen ,Fieschertal andGrindelwald .The
Aare springs from glaciers in Guttannen. There are four lakes in the municipality:Lake Oberaar ,Lake Grimsel ,Lake Räterichsboden andLake Gelmer . In the western part of the municipality are the mountainsSchreckhorn ,Lauteraarhorn andFinsteraarhorn . Guttannen also includesFinsteraar Glacier ,Lauteraar Glacier ,Unteraar Glacier ,Grueben Glacier , andBächli Glacier .External links
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