Kandergrund

Also known as Kandergrund BE

Kandergrund () is a municipality in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Kandergrund
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.image_photo: Kandergrund1.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption: Kandergrund village
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Kandergrund COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Kandergrund Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Bern
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-BE
Swiss town.district: Frutigen-Niedersimmental
Swiss town.postal_code: 3716
Swiss town.municipality_code: 0564
Swiss town.area: 32.1

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History
Geography
Coat of arms
Demographics
Heritage sites of national significance
Politics
Economy
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Kandergrund () is a municipality in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

==History== The area may have been lightly inhabited during the Bronze Age, however the earliest documented settlement was around the Castle (now ruins) Felsenburg. Kandergrund, together with Kandersteg, is first mentioned in 1352 as der Kandergrund.