Lauenen

Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Lauenen
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municipality_type = municipality
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languages = German
canton = Berne
iso-code-region = CH-BE
district = Saanen
lat_d=46|lat_m=25|lat_NS=N|long_d=7|long_m=19|long_EW=E
postal_code = 3782
municipality_code = 0842
area = 58.7
elevation = 1252|elevation_description=
population = 812|populationof=2005
website = www.lauenen.ch
mayor = Ruedi Trachsel|mayor_asof=|mayor_party=
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neighboring_municipalities= Saanen, Lenk, Ayent, Savièse, Gsteig bei Gstaad.
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Lauenen (French: "Lauvine", Romansh: "Lavina") is a municipality in the district of Saanen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Lauenen is known as an area with substantial danger of landslides and avalanches, which is the origin of its name (German "Lawine" "landslide," from Latin "labina" "slide"). Lauenen was first mentioned historically in 1296 as "an der lowinon".

Lauenen lies in the Bernese Oberland in the Lauenen Valley. The mountains in the south of the municipality, for instance Wildhorn (3243 m) form the border with the canton of Valais. The municipality has a number of notable glaciers and lakes, including the Tungel Glacier, the Gelten Glacier, and Lake Lauenen.

Famous people

*Gottfried Straßer (1854-1912), minister a poet (born in Lauenen)
*Ernst Friedrich Langhans (1829-1880) worked as reformed minister in Lauenen from 1855 to 1858

External links

* [http://www.lauenensee.com/ Website about Lake Lauenen region, including pictures and routes] de icon
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