The Üechtland (, ), alternatively spelled Üchtland and Uechtland, is a region in western Switzerland, where the cities of Bern and

Fribourg , neighboring_municipalities= Düdingen, Givisiez, Granges-Paccot, Marly, Pierrafortscha, Sankt Ursen, Tafers, Villars-sur-Glâne , twintowns = Rueil-Malmaison (France) , website = www.ville-fribourg.ch , Location of , Location of () () ...

are located. The French name ''Nuithonie'' is rarely used. The name for the region is obsolete; today, it is only used to distinguish

(german: Freiburg im Üechtland) from

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...

(or ''Freiburg im Breisgau'') in Germany. However, old documents also mention ''Bern im Üechtland'' or ''Verona im Üechtland'', by which ''Verona'', as a Latinized name for Bern, is distinguished from

Verona Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city municipality in the region and the second largest in nor ...

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

(historically known in German as ''Bern'' and sometimes as '' Wälsch-Bern'').

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Uechtland Regions of Switzerland