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Ringgenberg
Coat of arms of Ringgenberg
Coat of arms
Country Switzerland
Canton Berne
District Interlaken-Oberhasli
Area
 • Total 8.75 km2 (3.38 sq mi)
Elevation
1,103 m (3,619 ft)
Population
 (Dec 2015 )
 • Total 2,658
 • Density 303.77/km2 (786.8/sq mi)
Postal code
3852
Localities Ringgenberg, Goldswil
Surrounded by Bönigen, Habkern, Interlaken, Niederried bei Interlaken, Unterseen

Ringgenberg (sometimes also written as Ringgenberg BE in order to distinguish it from other "Ringgenbergs") is a village and a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Besides the village of Ringgenberg, the municipality also includes the village of Goldswil.

Ringgenberg is located on the northern shores of Lake Brienz. It has a small church that was built on the ruins of a castle in the 17th century.

Ringgenberg and Goldswil belong to the Small Agglomeration Interlaken with 23,300 inhabitants (2014).

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  • Ringgenberg Church

    Ringgenberg Church, built in 1670 in the ruins of Ringgenberg Castle.

  • Ringgenberg and Brienz Lake Bernese Oberland Switzerland

    Photochrom postcard from 1890 to 1900 of Ringgenberg

  • Burgseeli Goldswil Ringgenberg 1

    The Burgseeli separates Ringgenberg and Goldswil

  • 2011-07-22 Berna Oberlando (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 183

    Ringgenberg village

  • 5475 - Ringgenberg - Kirche am Brienzersee

    Church and ruins of Ringgenberg Castle

  • Ringgenberg Kirche und Burgruine DSC06227 GIMP

    Ringgenberg Church and the ruins of the castle

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