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unusual facts about Old City of Bern


Frisching Faience Manufactory

The manufactory was founded by Franz Rudolf Frisching and his brothers Gabriel Friedrich (1731–1789) and Karl Albrecht (1734–1801) on the grounds of Franz Rudolf Frisching’s country estate, the Lorraine Gut, outside the Old City of Bern.


Bernese German

The variety of the – generally poor – people living in the part of the old town called Matte, known as Mattenenglisch (Matte-English), even though it has little relation with English, but has a number of loans from Jenisch, Rotwelsch and Yiddish.


see also

The Bellevue Hotel

Hotel Bellevue Palace, a five-star luxury hotel located in the Old City of Bern, Switzerland