Gündlischwand is a village and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
[3] During the Middle Ages parts of the Lütschine valley were owned by a variety of local nobles.
The modern municipality also includes the village of Zweilütschinen at the confluence of the White and Black Lütschine rivers.
In 1580 a bridge was built over the rivers at Zweilütschinen, allowing more local trade to flow through the village.
The mine closed in 1715 and the furnace, hammer mill, foundry and village fell into ruin, though parts are still visible.
In 1890 the Bernese Oberland railway built a station and depot at Zweilütschinen, providing an easy, year round transportation connection.
[3] Gündlischwand lies in the Bernese Oberland in the Alps on the Black Lütschine river.
The municipality includes the hamlet of Zweilütschinen, so named because it is the point of confluence of the White and Black Lütschine rivers.
To the north of the Black Lütschine, the municipality extends up the Sägis Valley and its small lake, and includes the slopes up to the summits of the Schynige Platte, Loucherhorn, Roteflue, Faulhorn and Sägissa (2,465 m (8,087 ft)) mountains.
To the south of the Black Lütschine, the municipality includes the north-western slopes of the Männlichen.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Sable and Argent overall a Chevron wavy reaching the Chief counterchanged.
In the tertiary sector; 2 or 2.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 67 or 72.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 18 or 19.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 4.3% were in education.
This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.
[17] The Zweilütschinen railway station is on the Berner Oberland Bahn, whose trains operate services to Interlaken Ost, Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen on an hourly or half-hourly frequency.
[20][21] Zweilütschinen is the operating centre of the Berner Oberland Bahn, with its depot and workshop adjacent to the station.