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Bernese Alps

  (bûr'nēz, -nēs, bûr-nēz', -nēs') pronunciation

A range of the Alps in south-central Switzerland rising to 4,276.7 m (14,022 ft).

 

 
 
Wikipedia: Bernese Oberland
View of Thun and Lake Thun from the Niederhorn
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View of Thun and Lake Thun from the Niederhorn

The Bernese Oberland (Bernese highlands) is the higher part of the canton of Bern, Switzerland, in the South of the canton: The area around Lake Thun and Lake Brienz, and the valleys of the Bernese Alps (thus, the inhabitable parts from approximately the level of Lake Thun at 558 m). Districts considered part of the Oberland are:

The Swiss German dialects spoken in the Bernese Oberland are Highest Alemannic German, contrasting with the High Alemannic Bernese German spoken in Berne and the northern parts of the canton.

In the short-lived Helvetic Republic, the Bernese Oberland was made a separate canton, (Canton of Oberland).

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