Hohtenn

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Valais (VS)

District :

West Raron

Municipal municipality :

Steg-Hohtenn

Postal code :

3949

former BFS no. :

6196

Coordinates :

624 601 / 129 956 coordinates: 46 ° 19 '14 " N , 7 ° 45' 29" O ; CH1903: 624 601 / one hundred twenty-nine thousand nine hundred and fifty-six

Height :

825 m above sea level M.

Area :

7.06 km²

Residents:

202 (December 31, 2007)

Population density :

29 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.hohtenn.ch

map

Parish before the merger on December 31, 2008

Hohtenbahnhof

Hohtenn ( Valais German : Hote ) is a village in Upper Valais and is part of the political municipality of Steg-Hohtenn in the Westlich Raron district in the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland .

A few hundred meters east of the town center is the spectacular Luogelkin Viaduct .

On December 16, 2007, the citizens of the communities of Steg and Hohtenn agreed to a community merger. The municipality merged to form Steg-Hohtenn on January 1, 2009.

population

Population development
year	1850	1900	1910	1950	2000	2007
Residents	107	170	499 (construction of the Lötschbergbahn)	308	200	202

Attractions

literature

Philipp Kalbermatter: Hohtenn. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2017 .

Web links

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

Hohtenn on the ETHorama platform