Guttannen is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

When the entire Canton accepted the new faith of the Protestant Reformation, the chapel was converted and remained under Meiringen.

Following the 1798 French invasion, Guttannen became part of the Helvetic Republic Canton of Oberland.

[3] For most of its history the villagers lived from farming on the valley floor, seasonal alpine herding and trade over the Grimsel Pass.

Due to the short growing season and poor soil many residents mined lead or zinc or carved wood or soapstone.

[3] In the early 19th century mountain climbers began to come to Guttannen to explore the high peaks above the valley.

The construction of five hydroelectric dams and six reservoirs in the Grimsel Pass, between 1925 and 1975, brought prosperity to the village.

The Kraftwerke Oberhasli (KWO) company was founded in 1925 to manage the power plants and today is the largest employer in Guttannen.

It is the highest settlement in the Haslital, and the municipality encompasses the upper stretches of that valley as far as the summit of the Grimsel Pass.

The adjacent municipalities from the north clockwise are Innertkirchen, Obergoms, Münster-Geschinen, Fieschertal and Grindelwald.

In the western part of the municipality are the mountains Schreckhorn, Lauteraarhorn, Finsteraarhorn, Agassizhorn and Sidelhorn.

[4] By Swiss standards, the municipality is large in area; by comparison it is larger than the entire Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden.

In elevation it stretches from the valley floor which is between 800–1,300 m (2,600–4,300 ft) into the high alpine peaks of the Finsteraarhorn group.

[7] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or a Fir tree Sable trunked and eradicated Gules between two Mullets of the last in chief.

In the tertiary sector; 3 or 4.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 4.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 54 or 76.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 5.6% were in education.

[citation needed] From the 2000 census[update], 282 or 86.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 19 or 5.8% were Roman Catholic.

The wettest month was May during which time Guttannen received an average of 164 mm (6.5 in) of rain or snow.

The month with the most days of precipitation was June, with an average of 15, but with only 156 mm (6.1 in) of rain or snow.

[10] A total of 16 Swiss men have completed some form of tertiary schooling listed in the census.

This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.

Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship.