Münchenbuchsee, known in Swiss German as Buchsi, is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district of the canton of Bern, Switzerland. It lies roughly 10 kilometres north-west of the city of Bern on the transit axis from Bern to Biel, and it is famous as the birthplace of the painter Paul Klee. The place is first mentioned in a deed of donation in 1180 as Buhse. The knight Kuno von Buchsee gave all his possessions to the Order of St. John, which founded a commandery there and in 1210 built a hospice for pilgrims, an infirmary and a large kitchen. The municipality covers 8.81 square kilometres, and the former municipality of Diemerswil merged into it on 1 January 2023.
Facts
Area (sq km) Elevation (m) Elevation Band Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Switzerland: Cantons and Cities
citypopulation.deCities table, population estimate of 2020-12-31
Münchenbuchsee BE 8,540 9,049 9,776 9,993 10,432 10,751
On Continent: Europe, Page header, Europe, Switzerland
Europe → Switzerland
View the Source 2. Münchenbuchsee (Wikipedia)
Geography
Münchenbuchsee has an area of 8.81 km2
Part Of: Switzerland, Lead
in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
View the Source3. Opentopodata (SRTM): SRTM 90 m elevation at 47.0167,7.45
Opentopodata (SRTM)Elevation of the place coordinates 47.0167,7.45, band assigned from the figure (up to 10 m sea level, under 500 m lowland, under 1500 m highland, otherwise mountain)Quote, Elevation of the place coordinates 47.0167,7.45, band assigned from the figure (up to 10 m sea level, under 500 m lowland, under 1500 m highland, otherwise mountain)
"elevation": 578.0
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