Habkern

Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Habkern
municipality_name = Habkern
municipality_type = municipality
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languages = German
canton = Berne
iso-code-region = CH-BE
district = Interlaken
lat_d=46|lat_m=43|lat_NS=N|long_d=7|long_m=51|long_EW=E
postal_code = 3804
municipality_code = 0579
area = 51.1
elevation = 1055|elevation_description=
population = 650|populationof = January 2005 | popofyear = 2005
website = www.habkern.ch
mayor = Walter Zurbuchen|mayor_asof=|mayor_party=
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neighboring_municipalities= Schangnau, Flühli (LU), Oberried am Brienzersee, Niederried bei Interlaken, Unterseen, Beatenberg and Eriz
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Habkern is a municipality in the district of Interlaken in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

The name Habkern comes from the Old High German word "habuh" ("hawk") and the ending "-arra", indicating that something is in large numbers. Habkern is thus "the place where there are many hawks."

Habkern lies in the Bernese Oberland at the edge of the Emmental, which flows from the Hohngant massif. Underground is the Siebenhengste-Hohgant-Höhle, a karst cave system.

Further reading

* Melchior Sooder: "Habkern". Basel 1964

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