For 5000 years inhabits and while to centuries as a gate of the south to the north in the fulcrum of the history, is the Thunersee region not only regional from great charm, she is also marked historically amusing and from myths and legends like no other lake area. Of it testify natural strength places with stone-temporal cult stones, Celtic sanctums, but also the tracks of early-Christian places and medieval churches.

With her powerful sceneries and places, the lake, many hills, caves and nightmare sceneries, river parts and forest parts, but also thanks to the more than 1000-year-old history with all old cult sites, settlements and early-medieval churches the Thunerseeregion is predestined for strength places.

Many powerful and energetic sceneries and places of the region are always known. Thanks to them the real tourism began, the guests came because of the strength of the nature in which they recovered, strengthened and allowed to inspire. The Thunerseeregion is rich at strength places which can be visited partly on wanderings or within the scope of excursions.

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The 12 millennial churches

At the middle of 15-th century priest Elogius Kiburger reported in the Strättliger chronicle about the for a long time extinct gender of the governors of the castle of Strättligen. The fourth chapter of this chronicle tells about king Rudolf II of Hochburgund, with his legend wife who lived queen Berta, in the year 933 in the castle Strättligen in the Thunersee.

King Rudolf has seen a big{great} town{city} with 12 gates in the dream. On every gate he saw an angel holding guard. A priest interpreted to him the dream and advised the king, 12 daughter churches of the " church in the paradise “ (was called to some at that time) to build.

The king transformed council straight away and let in Frutigen, Leissigen, Aeschi, Wimmis, Uttigen, Thierachern, Scherzlingen, Thun, Hilterfingen, Sigriswil, Amsoldingen and Spiez build 12 churches. The construction work stretched till 11-th century.
The locations of 12 Churches of Thunersee lie at strength places. It concerns zones with raised natural energy. It is noteworthy that at these strength places remarkable regional signs, how especially nice lakes, mountains, trees, brooks or forest groves appear. Cloisters and churches were often built at such places.

It further strikes that these strength places are at places at which already in the early time people have assembled to celebrate together and to hold rituals. The region around the Thunersee was already settled in prechristian time. A row of stone-temporal cult sites, Celtic sanctums and Early-Christian places are witnesses from these times. The tradition of the holy scenery has kept with the antiquity till this day.

The millennial churches around the Thunersee are all so-called oriented churches. This means that they are put on by the east to the west. As a rule the main entrance is in the west and the altar in the east. The plan of the churches forms a cross. Many animal figures are also often illustrated what makes clear the presence of the nature in the church interior. In the church Amsoldingen we find a font with animal symbols.

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