page_title: Lütschental
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Lütschental / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Schwarze Lütschine, Lütschental, Schweiz English: Black Lütschine, Lütschine Valley, Switzerland Camera location 46°&#160;38′&#160;15.60″&#160;N, 7°&#160;57′&#160;3.90″&#160;E &#160;&#160; View this and other nearby images on: Google Maps - Google Earth - OpenStreetMap (Info)
context_page_description: Lütschental is a village and a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Lütschental has an area of 12.28 km² (4.74 sq mi).  Of this area, 2.79 km² (1.08 sq mi) or 22.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.88 km² (2.27 sq mi) or 47.6% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 0.24 km² (0.093 sq mi) or 1.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.07 km² (17 acres) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and 3.41 km² (1.32 sq mi) or 27.6% is unproductive land.
  Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.1%.  Out of the forested land, 39.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.  Of the agricultural land, 6.1% is pastures and 16.4% is used for alpine pastures.  All the water in the municipality is flowing water.  Of the unproductive areas, 14.3% is unproductive vegetation and 13.3% is too rocky for vegetation.
  The peak of Winteregg, the highest mountain in the municipality, lies at 2,555 m (8,383 ft). Lütschental lies in a valley which extends from Interlaken to Grindelwald. The name Lütschental means "valley of the Lütschine River", which flows through it.
  Lütschental belongs to the parish of Gsteig bei Interlaken in the municipality of Gsteigwiler.
  On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Interlaken, the municipality's former district, was dissolved.  On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli.
caption: Schwarze Lütschine river in Lütschental
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