Zweisimmen

Also known as Zweisimmen BE

Zweisimmen (Highest Alemannic: Zwüüsimme) is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Zweisimmen
Swiss town.image_photo: Bahnhof Zweisimmen-20140517.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption: The railway station with the Rinderberg in background
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Zweisimmen COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Zweisimmen Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Bern
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-BE
Swiss town.district: Obersimmental-Saanen
Swiss town.postal_code: 3770
Swiss town.municipality_code: 0794
Swiss town.area: 73.1

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Demographics
Heritage sites of national significance
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Zweisimmen (Highest Alemannic: Zwüüsimme) is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

==History== thumb|left|Blankenburg Castle, seat of the Bernese administrator 1386-1798 thumb|left|Ruins of the Lower Mannenberg Castle Zweisimmen is first mentioned in 1228 as Duessimenes. In 1257 it was mentioned as Zweinlixhenun.