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unusual facts about Höfen, Thun



Adriano Pimenta

During the away leg of the qualifying match for the 2005/06 Champions League group stage against Malmö FF Adriano scored the deciding goal in Thun's 1:0 win.

Battle of the Selle

After the Battle of Cambrai, the allies advanced almost two miles and liberated the French towns of Naves and Thun-Saint-Martin.

EKW C-35

The EKW C-35 was a 1930s Swiss two-seat reconnaissance biplane aircraft built by the Swiss Federal Construction Works (Eidgenoessische Konstruktionswerkstaette, K+W), Thun.

Forst, Switzerland

Forst is connected to the public transportation grid via Bus Line 51 Thun-Forst-Blumenstein of Verkehrsbetriebe STI.

Friedemann Schulz von Thun

Schulz von Thun worked as a professor of psychology at the University of Hamburg until his retirement on 30 Sep. 2009.

Haubits m/40

;10.5 cm Hb Model 46: Swiss version manufactured in Thun

Hofen

Shahe fen or Héfěn (河粉, river vermicelli), a Chinese noodle dish similar to phở

Inge Thun

Thun became famous in England when his team lost 0-11 to Liverpool in the 1975 Cup Winners' Cup.

John Rollin Tilton

The American statesman Hamilton Fish bought his Vallata Chamounix, and the American businessman W. B. Astor, his Lago di Thun; Louise, lady Ashburton, Dendur in Egypt and Paestum; the Boston mayor Martin Brimmer, his Lago di Como and Venice, and Count Palfy, his Vedute of Orvieto.

Lake Thun railway line

Near the intermediate Spiez station, the Lake Thun line has junctions with two further lines owned by the BLS AG; the Spiez–Erlenbach–Zweisimmen line from Zweisimmen and the Lötschberg line to Brig.

Leopold Ernst von Firmian

His parents were Baron Franz Alfons Georg von Firmian and Countess Barbara Elisabeth von Thun.

Niederhorn

Today the summit can be reached by the Seilbahnen Beatenberg-Niederhorn, a more modern gondola lift that runs from the village of Beatenberg, where it connects with the Thunersee–Beatenberg Bahn, a funicular with connections to the shipping services on Lake Thun.

Niederstocken

On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Niederstocken, Oberstocken and Höfen merged into the new municipality of Stocken-Höfen.

Oberstocken

On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Oberstocken, Niederstocken and Höfen merged into the new municipality of Stocken-Höfen.

The neighboring municipalities starting from the north in a clockwise direction are: Höfen, Niederstocken, Erlenbach im Simmental, Därstetten and Pohlern.

Øyvin Thon

He is also five times Relay champion, as a member of the Norwegian winning teams in 1981 (Thun, Switzerland), 1983 (Zalaegerszeg, Hungary), 1985 (Bendigo, Australia), 1987 (Gérardmer, France) and 1989 (Skaraborg, Sweden).

Pradal serey

Some of the best Pradal Serey champions come from the Battambang Province although a number of big name stars have come via Southern Cambodia such as Eh Phoutong from Koh Kong Province, Thun Sophea from Svay Rieng Province and Meas Chantha and Seng Makara from Kandal Province.

Schuylkill River Trail

Many current and proposed sections of the Schuylkill River Trail, including the Thun Trail and the Oaks to Philadelphia portion, are rail trails, following the right-of-way of the former Schuylkill Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Swiss Central Railway

From Olten the midland line connected to Bern and Thun, the Olten–Brugg line connected with the Swiss Northeastern Railway's (German: Schweizerische Nordostbahn, NOB) line to Zürich, the Jura foot line connected to Biel and the Olten–Lucerne railway line connected to Lucerne.

Swiss Mennonite Conference

Many Amish Mennonites in America can be traced to the areas of Thun and Schwarzenburg in Canton Bern.

Thun Man Handiya

Thun Man Handiya (Sinhala, Three Way Junction) is a 1970 dramatic film made by Sri Lankan artist Mahagama Sekera.

Thun Sophea

In 2011, Thun was the highest paid athlete (along with Chhunly Pagenburg) from Cambodia making $30,000 (USD).

Thun'da

The screen rights for the character were bought by Columbia Pictures, who brought Thun'da to the screen in the serial King of the Congo (1952), featuring Buster Crabbe as Roger Drum, the officer who becomes Thunda.

Uebeschi

Lake Uebeschi after which the village is named lies several hundred metres to the south, however a greater part of it belongs to the neighbouring municipalities of Amsoldingen and Höfen.

Werner Rey

Through his companies, Werner Rey held controlling participations in the Metallwerke Selve AG in Thun, the commodity inspection company Inspectorate International, the holding company Omni Holding AG, the Swiss media conglomerate Jean Frey AG, the temporary employment agency Adia Interim (today part of Adecco), and a substantial 30 percent of the established Sulzer group, among others.

Zahnd

Yves Zahnd (born 1985), a Swiss football defender, who currently plays for FC Thun in the Swiss Super League

Zdravko Kuzmanović

Born in Thun, Switzerland to a family of Bosnian Serbs expats (his father hails from a small village called Skugrić near Modriča, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia), Kuzmanović continued the family tradition as both his father Ljubo and his grandfather played football for the lower league in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the local club in GradačacFK Zvijezda where he started his football career.


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