- Leissigen
Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Leissigen
municipality_name = Leissigen
municipality_type = municipality
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languages = German
canton = Berne
iso-code-region = CH-BE
district = Interlaken
lat_d=46|lat_m=39|lat_NS=N|long_d=7|long_m=46|long_EW=E
postal_code = 3706
municipality_code = 0585
area = 10.4
elevation = 575|elevation_description=
population = 931|populationof = January 2005 | popofyear = 2005
website = www.leissigen.ch
mayor = Daniel Steffen|mayor_asof=|mayor_party=
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neighboring_municipalities=Därligen ,Saxeten ,Aeschi bei Spiez andKrattigen .
twintowns = |Leissigen is a municipality in the district of Interlaken in the canton of Bern in
Switzerland .The name Leissigen comes from the
Old High German personal name "Lantgis" and the toponymic suffix "-ingun", meaning "of the people of Langtis."Leissigen lies in the
Bernese Oberland onLake Thun . On the southern border of the municipality lies the "Morgenberghorn" (2249 m).Over Leissigen lies the Meielisalp with the scenic restaurant-hotel Meielisalp.
External links
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* [http://www.meielisalp.ch/webcam.php Webcam from the Meielisalp over Leissigen]
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