Oberhofen

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Oberhofen

Total population

2,389

Air quality index

24Good

Elevation563 m

Land area2.71 km²

Coordinates46.73°, 7.67°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Oberhofen am Thunersee is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Zdravko Kuzmanović

Serbian footballer

Nico Müller

Swiss racing driver (born 1992)

Peter Maurer

former president and of the International Committee of the Red Cross

Kathrin Bertschy

Swiss politician

N

Niklaus Gerber

dairy chemist (1850-1914)

Lukas Bärfuss

Swiss writer and playwright

Renée Schwarzenbach-Wille

Swiss photographer (1883-1959)

Benedikt Weibel

Swiss manager

Simona de Silvestro

Swiss race car driver

Jean Ziegler

Swiss sociologist

H

Hans Moser

Swiss equestrian (1901-1974)

Ueli Kestenholz

Swiss snowboarder and extreme athlete (1975–2026)

H

Hanspeter Latour

Swiss footballer and trainer

J

Jan von Arx

Swiss ice hockey player

Bruno Kernen

Swiss alpine skier born in 1972

R

Ralph Pichler

Swiss bobsledder

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Bern

• Haltenegg
  1.2 mi away
• Hünibach
  1.5 mi away
• Heiligenschwendi
  1.5 mi away · pop. 707
• Gunten
  2 mi away
• Goldiwil
  2.2 mi away
• Sigriswil
  2.5 mi away · pop. 4,496
• Schwanden
  2.7 mi away
• Reutigen
  3.3 mi away · pop. 983
• Teuffenthal bei Thun
  3.3 mi away · pop. 164
• Steffisburg
  3.6 mi away · pop. 15,816
• Faulensee
  4 mi away
• Merligen
  4.1 mi away

Browse all places in Bern →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Oberhofen

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Common Wood-Pigeon

Columba palumbus

Seen 2026-06-02

Sooty Copper

Lycaena tityrus

Seen 2026-06-02

Whorled Solomon's-seal

Polygonatum verticillatum

Seen 2026-06-02

Small Tortoiseshell

Aglais urticae

Seen 2026-06-02

Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Macroglossum stellatarum

Seen 2026-06-01

Betony-leaved Rampion

Phyteuma betonicifolium

Seen 2026-06-01

Bird's-eye Primrose

Primula farinosa

Seen 2026-06-01

sweetflower rockjasmine

Androsace chamaejasme

Seen 2026-06-01

European Globeflower

Trollius europaeus

Seen 2026-06-01

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Oberhofen, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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