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

In 1999, Saxeten became internationally known following an incident where 21 tourists and guides were killed in a flash flood in the Saxetbach gorge.

In 1528, the city of Bern adopted the new faith of the Protestant Reformation and began imposing it on the Bernese Oberland.

[4] In 1856 and 1897, Alfred Wills and Karl Baedeker both wrote of hikes through and around the village of Saxeten.

[5][6] Saxeten has always been part of the large parish of Gsteig bei Interlaken, now a village in the municipality of Gsteigwiler.

[7] On 27 July 1999, there was an accident in the Saxetenbach Gorge, just above the village of Saxeten, in which 21 young people from Australia, New Zealand, England, South Africa, and Switzerland died.

48 people from 2 coach tour parties had opted to do a side activity of canyoning where you float, swim and climb through an area, such as a gorge.

It was organized by Adventure World, a now defunct company who were located in Wilderswil, not far from Saxeten.

Shortly into the experience, flash floods began pouring through the gorge and 21 people within the group were swept to their deaths.

The authorities were alerted to the incident when a local jogger spotted bodies in Lake Brienz.

[8][9][10][11][12][13] In December 2001, eight staff at Adventure World, including managers Felix Oehler and Bernhard Gafner were tried for manslaughter in connection to the deaths.

[14][15] Six were found guilty of manslaughter through culpable negligence and given suspended sentences of between two and five months and fined between 4,000 and 7,500 CHF.

[16][17][18][19] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules on a Pile inverted Argent two Ibex Horns Sable in Saltire.

The Saxetenbach river flows through the gorge to Saxeten, before it joins the Lütschine in Wilderswil.

Waterfalls mark the path around Saxeten including Wyssbachfall and the Saxetbachfall at the narrowest point of the Saxettal valley.

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

There are 8 services daily, running year round, with some winter routes starting and ending at Saxeten Skipintli.

There are two runs, generally in operation from December until March along with a single surface lift to the top.

[44] In addition, Saxeten has a toboggan run from Alp Nessleren to the village centre.