# Interlaken

> Jungfrau Region · EST. 1133 · BETWEEN TWO LAKES

The name is a description: the town lies between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz. The Bureau has no amendment to propose. It was entered in 1133 as inter lacus Madon, the house of Augustinian canons that gave the place its name and its first register. The house lasted until 1528 and was then secularised. The name outlived the institution, which the Bureau considers the usual order of events and has ceased to find remarkable.

## Sourced figures

- **established**: 1133, founding of the Augustinian priory — source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlaken (consulted 18/08/2026)
- **priory**: 1528, the Augustinian house, entered as inter lacus Madon, lasted until its secularisation in 1528 — source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlaken (consulted 25/09/2026)

## Reference image

- print: Bernese Alps 2004
- by: Kenneth Barclay
- held by: Wikimedia Commons
- licence: Public domain
- file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bernese_Alps_2004.jpg

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