Guttannen

Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Guttannen
municipality_name = Guttannen
municipality_type = municipality
imagepath_coa = Guttannen-coat of arms.svg|pixel_coa=


languages = German
canton = Berne
iso-code-region = CH-BE
district = Oberhasli
lat_d=46|lat_m=39|lat_NS=N|long_d=8|long_m=17|long_EW=E
postal_code = 3864
municipality_code = 0782
area = 200.7
elevation = 1057|elevation_description=
population = 327|populationof = January 2005 | popofyear = 2005
website = www.guttannen.ch
mayor = Esther Messerli|mayor_asof=|mayor_party=
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neighboring_municipalities= Fieschertal (VS), Gadmen, Grindelwald, Innertkirchen, Münster-Geschinen (VS), Obergesteln (VS), Oberwald (VS), Ulrichen (VS)
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Guttannen is a municipality in the district of Oberhasli in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

By Swiss standards, its area is colossal; it is larger than the entire Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden. It is also an evangelical-reformed parish.

Guttannen is the name of a meadow, which became the name of the municipality. It comes from the phrase "ze den guoten tannen" (by the good firs).

Geography

Guttannen lies in the Bernese Oberland near Grimsel Pass. It is the highest settlement in the Haslital. The adjacent municipalities from the north clockwise are Innertkirchen, Gadmen, Oberwald, Obergesteln, Ulrichen, Münster-Geschinen, Fieschertal and Grindelwald.

The Aare springs from glaciers in Guttannen. There are four lakes in the municipality: Lake Oberaar, Lake Grimsel, Lake Räterichsboden and Lake Gelmer. In the western part of the municipality are the mountains Schreckhorn, Lauteraarhorn and Finsteraarhorn. Guttannen also includes Finsteraar Glacier, Lauteraar Glacier, Unteraar Glacier, Grueben Glacier, and Bächli Glacier.

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