Hofstetten bei Brienz
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A Ticino style farm house at the Ballenberg Museum, which is partly in Hofstetten bei Brienz
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 Hofstetten bei Brienz
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Location of Hofstetten bei Brienz
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| Coordinates: 46°45′N 8°04′E / 46.750°N 8.067°ECoordinates: 46°45′N 8°04′E / 46.750°N 8.067°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Bern | |
| District | Interlaken-Oberhasli | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Simon Ernst | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 8.76 km2 (3.38 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 646 m (2,119 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 542 | |
| • Density | 62/km2 (160/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 3858 | |
| SFOS number | 0580 | |
| Surrounded by | Giswil, Lungern, Brienzwiler, Brienz and Schwanden bei Brienz | |
| Website |
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Hofstetten bei Brienz is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Hofstetten (Swiss German "Hostet") comes from the Old High German hovastat, meaning "place where a building will be started."
Hofstetten bei Brienz is first mentioned as Hofstetten when it was donated to Interlaken Abbey in 1359. It remained under the Abbey's authority until Bern adopted the Protestant Reformation and secularized the Abbey and all its land in 1528.
The local economy relied on small scale agriculture and seasonal alpine herding into the 19th century, when wood carving began to provide other jobs. Today woodworking and some tourism provide many jobs in the municipality, though about two-thirds of the working population commute to jobs in Brienz or Meiringen. The largest employer in Hofstetten is the Ballenberg Open Air Museum, which opened in 1978.
Hofstetten bei Brienz lies in the Bernese Oberland in the Alps. The southern edge of the municipality is formed by the Aare River. Also in the south, but somewhat higher is the small Lake Wyssen.
Although the town in the southern part of the municipality lies at an altitude of 580 m (1,900 ft), the municipality inclines smoothly into its northern area, to the peaks Arnihaaggen (2,207 m (7,241 ft)), Höch Gumme (2,205 m (7,234 ft)) and Wilerhorn (2,005 m (6,578 ft)). The area beneath these peaks is known as Gummenalp. It includes the settlements of Dorf, Schried, Beim Tor and Talgut.
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