Münchwilen District, Münchwilen

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Münchwilen District is one of the five districts of the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. It has a population of 48,285. Its capital is the town of Münchwilen. ()

Local name: Bezirk Münchwilen Area: 60.18 mi²Coordinates: 47°28'60"N, 8°58'60"E

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Münchwilen District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tänikon monastery, Sonnenberg Castle, Bichelsee Lake, St. Margaret Chapel.

3.6 miW
Monastery
Tänikon monastery
91 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.
3.3 miN
Forts and castles
Sonnenberg Castle
84 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.
4.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Bichelsee Lake
110 min walk • Bichelsee is a lake in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. The village of Bichelsee in the municipality Bichelsee-Balterswil is named after the lake.
0.9 miE
Church
St. Margaret Chapel, Münchwilen
23 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.
5 miS
Monastery
Fischingen Abbey, Fischingen
127 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.
2.4 miNE
Forts and castles
Bettwiesen Castle
61 min walk • Bettwiesen Castle is a castle in the municipality of Bettwiesen of the Canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
3.1 miE
Tower
Wil Tower
79 min walk • The Wil Tower is a wooden observation tower which was built in the forest of Wil in Switzerlandby Julius Natterer. The tower site is located some 747 metres above sea level. It was opened for public use on 8 July 2006.
5.5 miW
Forts and castles
Elgg Castle
140 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.
3.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Immenberg
86 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.
2.8 miSE
City, Rock club, Museum
Gare de Lion, Wil
71 min walk • Wil is the capital of the Wahlkreis of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Wil is the third largest city in the Canton of St. Gallen, after the city of St. Gallen and Rapperswil-Jona, a twin city that merged in 2006. The municipality of Bronschhofen merged into Wil on 1 January 2013.
5 miNW
View point
Stählibuckturm, Frauenfeld
127 min walk • The Stählibuckturm is a steel specialist tower in Thundorf near Frauenfeld in Switzerland.