| Zweisimmen | ||
| Canton | Bern | |
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| Residents | 2953 (2005) | |
other value for residents on Wikidata: 3020   | ||
| height | 947 m, 934 m | |
| Tourist info web | http://www.zweisimmen.ch | |
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Zweisimmen is a Swiss Municipality in the canton Bern.
background
The community of Zweisimmen consists of the villages of Zweisimmen, Blankenburg, Mannried, Grubenwald and the scattered settlement Oeschseite. While the town of Zweisimmen is the largest due to its better location at a traffic junction. Is Blankenburg with the castle the former main building from the Middle Ages. Blankenburg Castle was first mentioned in a document in 1325.
The municipality is also the administrative seat of the Obersimmental district, whose administration is located in Blankenburg Castle.
The village of Zweisimmen is located at the confluence of the large Simme and the small Simme, which should make the origin of the name clear.
getting there
By plane
The Euroairport Basel and Zurich airports can be reached in a good 3 hours by public transport. The main airline at both airports is the Swiss with numerous flights all over the world. Basel is a hub for the low-cost airline easyJet.
By train
The standard gauge Simmental Railway of the BLS ends in Zweisimmen Spiez coming here. In the common train station she meets the MOB which from here to the Lenk or via Gstaad /Saanen to Montreux leads. The trains from Lenk to Saanen have to make a hairpin here.
When traveling from Zurich to Bern, you usually have to change trains in Spiez.
In the street
From Spiez the main road number 11 leads over Erlenbach to Zweisimmen, which then continues towards Saane Aigle leads. In Zweisimmen, the connecting road branches off to Lenk.
mobility
A 5.1 kilometer long gondola lift leads up to the Rinderberg.
Mobility in the village: thanks to the manageable size of the village, everything is easily accessible on foot. The neighboring communities can all be reached by train, which runs approximately every hour.
Tourist Attractions
- Blankenburg Castle. Was built between 1768 and 1770 as a baroque wing structure. Because the castle burned down in 1767.
- The church comes from the 13th-15th centuries Century, and has beautiful stained glass windows from the 15th and 16th centuries.
- The bars of the Ossuary were struck in the winter of 1480–81.
- Obersimmentaler Heimathaus. The Obersimmentaler Heimatmuseum is located in it. It is one of the few houses that escaped the village fire of 1862.
- Obersimmental local history museum, Kirchgasse. Tel.: 41 (0)33 722 02 01, 41 (0)33 722 02 02. Open: May 20th to October; Wed, Sat, Sun 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.Price: Admission: Adults CHF 5.- Children CHF 3.-.
activities
In summer there are many beautiful, well-marked hiking and mountain hiking trails.
In winter there is a ski area on the Rinderberg that extends all the way to Schönried.
shop
Zweisimmen has an Aldi and a Migros, numerous sports shops and boutiques, a stationery, bakery, village shop, Fairtrade shop, drugstore and pharmacy.
kitchen
nightlife
If you want to enjoy the nightlife, it is best to go to Gstaad.
accommodation
Zweisimmen has nine hotels with 295 beds, twelve group houses with 740 beds, 825 second / holiday apartments, 1180 first homes and two campsites with 200 spaces.
Price examples (double room per night, high season, February 2013)
- Hotel Restaurant Sonnegg. Price: Fr 176.
- Hotel Rawil Stars. Price: Fr 180.
- Hotel Residence. Price: Fr 150.
- Vista Resort Hotel. Price: Fr 200.
health
Zweisimmen has a regional hospital with an emergency room that is open day and night. Specialists: tramatology, gastroenterology, nephrology, cardiology, gynecology. The village also has two general practitioners and a physiotherapy practice.
Practical advice
Excursions: A train ride with the "Golden Pass Service" in the direction of Montreux, a hike in the mountains (numerous hiking trails, very well signposted) and, in bad weather, a swim in the Wallbach Bad Lenk.
