Gadmen

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Bern (BE)

Administrative district :

Interlaken-Oberhasli

Residential municipality :

Innertkirchen

Postal code :

3863

former BFS no. :

0781

Coordinates :

669 804 / 176 829 coordinates: 46 ° 44 '20 " N , 8 ° 21' 7" O ; CH1903: 669804 / 176 829

Height :

1205 m above sea level M.

Area :

116.4 km²

Residents:

236 (December 31, 2012)

Population density :

2 inhabitants per km²

Gadmertal eastwards

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Until December 31, 2013, Gadmen was a political municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district and the easternmost municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland . On January 1, 2014, Gadmen merged with Innertkirchen .

history

View from the Susten Pass to Steinsee and Gadmen

Gadmertal westward

The name Gadmen is derived from the Old High German gadum (stable, barn, small house) and is first mentioned historically in 1382 as the buw imm Gadmen .

geography

Aerial photo (1956)

Gadmen is located in the Gadmertal in the Bernese Oberland on the driveway to the Susten Pass , the pass of which lies on the eastern border of the municipality and canton. The hot river in the valley is called Gadmerwasser . The neighboring communities from the north clockwise were until December 31, 2013 Engelberg in the canton of Obwalden, Wassen and Göschenen in the canton of Uri, Obergoms in the Valais, and the Bernese communities Guttannen and Innertkirchen .

There are three glaciers in the Gadmer area, the Steingletscher , the Triftgletscher and the Wendengletscher . The Steinsee lies below the Steingletscher. The most famous mountain in Gadmen is the Titlis , the steep southern flank of which gives no indication of the glacier that the mountain carries on the north side.

Two thirds of the total area of Gadmen are glaciers, firne and rocks.

Attractions

population

Population development
year	1764	1850	1880	1900	1930	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2012
Residents	354	739	759	672	434	485	510	482	363	301	272	232	236

economy

Gadmen lives from (summer) tourism and agriculture. During the winter half of the year, when the pass road is closed, one of the Bären inn is also closed and the valley is rarely visited apart from ski tourers.

Personalities

Edwin Nil (1833–1893), pastor in Kirchberg

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2014

literature

Daniel Wolf, Jost von Allmen: Ernst E. Anderegg . Selected buildings in the Interlaken-Oberhasli region. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 887/888, series 89). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2011, ISBN 978-3-85782-887-4 .

Web links

Commons : Gadmen - collection of images, videos and audio files

Anne-Marie Dubler : Gadmen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .