Krauchthal

Also known as Krauchthal BE

Krauchthal is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Krauchthal
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.image_photo: Krauchthal faktrabdomoj en la vilaghocentro 083.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption: Half-timbered houses in the center of Krauchthal village
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Krauchthal COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Krauchthal Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Bern
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-BE
Swiss town.district: Emmental
Swiss town.postal_code: 3326
Swiss town.municipality_code: 0414
Swiss town.area: 19.44

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Krauchthal is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

==History== thumb|left|upright|The Lindenzytli with a bell, that was part of the former Cluniac Priory of Hettiswil thumb|left|Thorberg prison in winter thumb|left|Aerial view (1954) Krauchthal was first mentioned around 1108-22 as Crouchtal and around 1181-82 as Crochtal. Hettiswil village was first mentioned in 1107 as Otthonis villare and in 1281 it was Ettiswile.