Spiez
Spiez is a municipality in Frutigen-Niedersimmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Spiez
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| Coordinates: 46°41′N 7°40′E / 46.683°N 7.667°ECoordinates: 46°41′N 7°40′E / 46.683°N 7.667°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Frutigen-Niedersimmental |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Gemeinderat with 7 members |
| • Mayor | Gemeindepräsident Franz Arnold SP/PS (as of 2002) |
| • Parliament | Grosser Gemeinderat with 36 members |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16.78 km2 (6.48 sq mi) |
| Elevation (Railway station) | 628 m (2,060 ft) |
| Population (Dec 2011) | |
| • Total | 12,417 |
| • Density | 739.99/km2 (1,916.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 3700 |
| Localities | Einigen, Faulensee, Hondrich and Spiezwiler |
| Surrounded by | Aeschi bei Spiez, Hilterfingen, Krattigen, Oberhofen am Thunersee, Reutigen, Sigriswil, Thun, Wimmis, Zwieselberg |
| Twin towns | Prachatice (Czech Republic) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
It is on the Lake Thun.
Gallery
Spiez
Spiez from the air, with the lake in the background and the Kander bottom left
Spiez Castle
Spiez train station
Spiez Media
Schloss Spiez in der Schweiz
Aerial view from 200 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1919)
Aerial views of Spiez, Switzerland.
Schloss Spiez in Spiez BE am Thunersee, Schweiz
The new Reformed church in Spiez
Bahnhofsgebäude von Spiez
Swiss Reformed Castle Church
Ehemaliges Winzerhaus, heute Heimat- und Rebbaumuseum Spiez
References
Other websites
Media related to Spiez at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Website of the city of Spiez (in German)
- Spiez in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
