Schwarzenburg (district)
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Schwarzenburg District was one of the 26 administrative districts
in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland
. Its capital was the town of Schwarzenburg
, located in the municipality of Wahlern
. The district had an area of 157 km² and consisted of 4 municipalities:
Districts of Switzerland
In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each canton iscompletely free to decide its own internal organisation. Therefore there exists a variety of structures and terminology for the subnational entities between canton and municipality, loosely termed...
in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. Its capital was the town of Schwarzenburg
Schwarzenburg
Schwarzenburg is a municipality in the district of Bern-Mittelland in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2011 through the merger of the municipalities of Wahlern and Albligen.-References:...
, located in the municipality of Wahlern
Wahlern
Wahlern is a former municipality of the canton of Bern in Switzerland and seat of the Bern-Mittelland administrative district. On 1 January 2011, the former municipalities of Wahlern and Albligen merged in the new municipality of Schwarzenburg.-Geography:...
. The district had an area of 157 km² and consisted of 4 municipalities: