Discover Oberfrittenbach: Trails, Cheese and Culture
Accommodation in Oberfrittenbach
The Oberfrittenbachgraben is one of the longest side valleys and cross valleys of the Ilfis. Oberfrittenbach is a locality in the municipality of Langnau im Emmental. A hike through the Oberfrittenbachgraben passes the Hollenscheuer, an old farmhouse with a magnificent garden. Between the valley landscape, regional production and local events, this creates a clearly defined way of experiencing the locality.
Nature
Several route descriptions lead through different parts of the Oberfrittenbach area. Three hiking loops start and end at the Oberfrittenbach, Grebli railway platform. A hike in June led from Oberfrittenbach to the Upper Frittenbachgraben. The 15th stage of the Alpine Panorama Trail deviates from the actual route and begins at Aeugstmatt in the Upper Frittenbachgraben rather than directly on the Lüderenalp. A roughly 650-metre-long section of path in the direction of Mittler Lihnen, which had previously been impassable, was repaired. In good weather, the Oberfrittenbach picnic area offers opportunities for a picnic outdoors. BLS uses the route designation 286 “Langnau i.E.–Oberfrittenbach–Aeugstmatt”.
The route descriptions thus refer to different locations: the Oberfrittenbach, Grebli railway platform is both the starting point and the endpoint for three loops, while the June hike named the Upper Frittenbachgraben as its destination. On the 15th stage, the reference point is Aeugstmatt; the deviation from the actual route and the reference to the repaired section in the direction of Mittler Lihnen explicitly show the different route alignments. Together with the BLS route designation 286, this makes it clear that Oberfrittenbach, the Upper Frittenbachgraben, Aeugstmatt and Mittler Lihnen are not the same place name in the route descriptions. The picnic area supplements this route information with an explicitly named place for a picnic outdoors in good weather.
Regional specialties
The GmĂĽnden cheese dairy is also one of the specific points of interest in Oberfrittenbach. It produces Emmental mountain cheese and can be visited by individuals and groups by prior appointment. At the GmĂĽnden cheese dairy, the cheese can be sampled and purchased directly. Production, visiting, sampling and purchasing are each named as separate options at the same location.
Culture
Club life, architectural heritage and craftsmanship complement the trails and landscapes with distinctive local names. The Oberfrittenbach yodel club is listed on the website of the municipality of Langnau im Emmental. In spring, the Oberfrittenbach yodel club stages a concert and theatre performance, and in autumn it holds the Jodler-Chilbi. Hollernscheuer 513 in Oberfrittenbach is classified as “worthy of protection” in the draft of the revised 2022 building inventory. In Oberfrittenbach, Michael Koller and his wife practise metalwork and metal art. Exceptional works of art can be seen in an exhibition and around Michael Koller’s house. The Raingut farm in Oberfrittenbach has a threshing floor with 70 seats. Thus, alongside the named hiking trails, the local landscape also features events, a building classified as worthy of protection, metal art and a farm with a large threshing floor.
More destinations
If you would like to visit other places at the same level, you can find Röthenbach Im Emmental, Trubschachen, Gohl, Lauperswil, Eggiwil, Schangnau, Signau, Rüderswil here.
For the higher-level travel overview: Signau.
