Saxeten

Saxeten
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Interlaken-Oberhasli
BFS no. :	0591
Postal code :	3813
Coordinates :	630 224  /  164 751 coordinates: 46 ° 38 '0 "  N , 7 ° 50' 0"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and thirty thousand two hundred twenty-four  /  164 751
Height :	1103  m above sea level M.
Height range :	819–2723 m above sea level M.
Area :	19.38  km²
Residents:	99 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	6 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.saxeten.ch
Saxeten with Interlaken in the background
Location of the municipality

Saxeten is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

Saxeten ecclesiastically belongs to the parish of Gsteig near Interlaken .

geography

The name Saxeten probably goes back to the Latin form saxata (rocky place).

Saxeten is traversed by the Saxetbach, which flows into the Lütschine near Wilderswil .

history

On July 27, 1999, a canyoning accident occurred in the Saxetbach gorge, in which 21 young people from Australia, New Zealand, England, South Africa and Switzerland were killed.

population

Population development
year	1850	1880	1900	1930	1950	1980	1990	2000
Residents	120	146	170	153	112	91	110	128

tourism

Saxeten is the starting point for numerous hikes, to the Suls-Lobhornhütte , over the Rengglipass to Aeschiried , via Wilderswil to the Schynige Platte .

schools

For a few years now, Saxeten has had a day school that is attended by children from the community as well as individual children from surrounding communities. Since a maximum of twelve children are taught from the first to the ninth grade, each one can be dealt with very individually.

traffic

The Berner Oberland-Bahnen (BOB) travel from Interlaken Ost to Wilderswil . From there the post bus goes to Saxeten.

Personalities

• Martin Boss (* 1958), mayor and councilor (Greens)

See also

• List of cultural assets in Saxeten

Web links

Commons : Saxeten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Saxeten
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Saxeten. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent resident population from STAT-TAB of the BfS , municipalities see also regional portraits 2020 on bfs.admin.ch, accessed on May 29, 2020
2. ↑ spiegel.de: Longing for the Kick , August 2, 1999