Melchnau

Also known as Melchnau BE

Melchnau is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.postal_code: 4917
Swiss town.subject_name: Melchnau
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Melchnau COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Melchnau Flag.svg
Swiss town.image_photo: Melchnau Dorf.JPG
Swiss town.canton: Bern
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-BE
Swiss town.district: Oberaargau
Swiss town.municipality_code: 0333
Swiss town.area: 10.4
Swiss town.elevation: 481

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History
Geography
Coat of arms
Demographics
Heritage sites of national significance
Politics
Economy
Religion
Education
References

Melchnau is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

==History== thumb|left|upright|Coat of arms of the Grünenberg family from around 1450–1480 thumb|left|Aerial view from 3000 m par Walter Mittelholzer (1923) Melchnau celebrated its 900th anniversary in 2000. The earliest written evidence for the town dates from about 1100. Melchnau is first mentioned in 1194 as Melchinove.