Bichelsee Lake

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Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Bichelsee is a lake in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. The village of Bichelsee in the municipality Bichelsee-Balterswil is named after the lake. Of the surface of 0.092 km², 5/6 are located in the canton of Thurgau, the remainder in the canton of Zurich. ()

Alternative names: Length: 1558 ftMaximum depth: 28 ftElevation: 1936 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 47°27'27"N, 8°53'60"E

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Bichelsee Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tänikon monastery, Sonnenberg Castle, St. Margaret Chapel, Fischingen Abbey.

1.5 miN
Monastery
Tänikon monastery
40 min walk • Tänikon Abbey is a former Cistercian nunnery in the village of Ettenhausen in the municipality of Aadorf in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. The former abbey church and the conventual buildings, now Agrotechnorama Tänikon, are both Swiss heritage sites of national significance.
5.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Sonnenberg Castle
142 min walk • Sonnenberg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Stettfurt of the Canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. The castle is located on the slopes of the Immenberg at 649 metres.
5.1 miNE
Church
St. Margaret Chapel, Münchwilen
131 min walk • St. Margaret's Chapel is a pilgrimage chapel at St. Margarethen in the municipality of Münchwilen in the Canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
4.5 miSE
Monastery
Fischingen Abbey, Fischingen
115 min walk • Fischingen Abbey, now Fischingen Priory, is a Benedictine monastery situated in Fischingen in the Canton of Thurgau, Switzerland, on the upper reaches of the Murg, a tributary of the Thur. It was founded in 1138, dissolved in 1848 and re-founded as a priory in 1977.
4.4 miS
Forts and castles
Hohenlandenberg Castle
114 min walk • Hohenlandenberg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Wila and the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
2.4 miNW
Forts and castles
Elgg Castle
62 min walk • Elgg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Elgg in the Swiss canton of Zurich. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
5.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hohgrat
150 min walk • The Hohgrat is a mountain located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Thurgau and St. Gallen. Reaching a height of 996 metres above sea level, it is the highest point of the canton of Thurgau.
4.9 miW
Temple
Tibet Institute Rikon
125 min walk • The Tibet Institute Rikon is a Tibetan monastery located in Zell-Rikon im Tösstal in the Töss Valley in Switzerland.
6.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Immenberg
159 min walk • The Immenberg is a mountain located between Thundorf and Stettfurt in the canton of Thurgau. The summit forms a wooded plateau, which is traversed by several trails. On the south-west slopes of the mountain is located the Sonnenberg Castle.
1.8 miNW
Forts and castles
Schauenberg
47 min walk • Schauenberg is a hill and ruined castle near Turbenthal, canton of Zurich, at 892m. There were fortifications since the Iron Age, and since the early 13th century, there was a wooden structure, in the 1250s extended to a massive keep.
3 miSE
Forts and castles
Tannegg Castle
77 min walk • Tannegg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Fischingen of the Canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.