Wahlern

Geography

The municipality is called Wahlern, although the chief settlement shares the name of the administrative district, Schwarzenburg. It is known as one of the transmitters of the shortwave radio station Schweizer Radio International. Other settlements in the municipality include Lanzenhäusern and Steinenbrünnen. Wahlern lies in the Alpenvorland south of the Sense River. Wahlern has an area of . Of this area, 63.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The neighboring municipalities are: Köniz, Oberbalm, Rüeggisberg, Rüschegg, Guggisberg, Alterswil, St. Antoni, Heitenried, Albligen and Ueberstorf.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  4,562
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  3,783
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  3,571
• Common Toad

  Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Amphibia
  3,402
• Eurasian beaver

  Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  3,162
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  3,057
• Southern Damselfly

  Coenagrion mercuriale (Charpentier, 1840) · Insecta
  3,032
• Red Admiral

  Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,893

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
  4 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
• M 3.2 — 2024-05-09
  9 km SW of Evolène, Switzerland
• M 4.4 — 2023-03-22
  1 km NW of Pont-de-Roide, France
• M 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 2.7 — 2022-08-23
  4 km S of Turtmann, Switzerland
• M 4.1 — 2021-12-24
  2 km WSW of Blamont, France