Boltigen

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Boltigen is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Boltigen is a mixed community, with traits both of a burgess community and a village community. Beside it, there is also a reformed evangelical Church community. The history of the community goes back to 1386 and the so-called Freiheitsbrief von 1386. The community president is Hermann Maurer, since 1 January 2005.

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Boltigen railway station

Boltigen railway station (German: Bahnhof Boltigen) is a railway station in the municipality of Boltigen, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the Spiez–Zweisimmen line and is served by local and regional trains.

Weissenbach railway station

Weissenbach railway station (German: Bahnhof Weissenbach) is a railway station in the municipality of Boltigen, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the Spiez–Zweisimmen line and is served by local trains only.

Grubenwald railway station

Grubenwald railway station (German: Bahnhof Grubenwald) is a railway station in the municipality of Zweisimmen, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the Spiez–Zweisimmen line and is served by local trains only.

Schafarnisch

The Schafarnisch is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Fribourg and Bern. It lies north of Boltigen, in the group culminating at the Schafberg.

Oberer Mannenberg Castle

Oberer Mannenberg Castle (German: Oberer Mannenberg) is a ruined castle in the municipality of Zweisimmen of the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Riggisberg Castle

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Enge im Simmental railway station

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Chänelpass

The Chänelpass (1,791 m) is a high mountain pass of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Fribourg and Bern. It connect Plaffeien (Fribourg) with Oberwil im Simmental (Bern). The pass lies on the watershed between the Sense and the Simme and is located between the Märe and the Schafarnisch. It is traversed by a trail.

Jaun Pass

Jaun Pass (German: Jaunpass, French: col de Bellegarde) is a high mountain pass (el. 1509 m.) in the Swiss Alps linking Charmey and Jaun in the canton of Fribourg with Reidenbach (part of the municipality of Boltigen) in the canton of Bern. The pass itself is located within the canton of Berne. The pass road was completed in 1878.

Niderhorn

The Niderhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located north of Zweisimmen in the Bernese Oberland. It lies between the valleys of Simmental and Diemtigen.

Oberwil im Simmental

Oberwil im Simmental is a municipality in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.