Tänikon monastery

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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. ()

Local name: Kloster Tänikon Coordinates: 47°28'46"N, 8°54'26"E

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ThurgauSwitzerland

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Tänikon monastery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

4.1 miNE
Forts and castles
Sonnenberg Castle
104 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.
1.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Bichelsee Lake
40 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.
5.3 miN
Forts and castles
Frauenfeld Castle, Frauenfeld
134 min walk • Frauenfeld Castle is a castle in the municipality of Frauenfeld of the Canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
4.4 miE
Church
St. Margaret Chapel, Münchwilen
113 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.
5.5 miSE
Monastery
Fischingen Abbey, Fischingen
140 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.
1.9 miW
Forts and castles
Elgg Castle
50 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.
5.6 miSW
Temple
Tibet Institute Rikon
143 min walk • The Tibet Institute Rikon is a Tibetan monastery located in Zell-Rikon im Tösstal in the Töss Valley in Switzerland.
4.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Immenberg
124 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.
5 miN
View point
Stählibuckturm, Frauenfeld
129 min walk • The Stählibuckturm is a steel specialist tower in Thundorf near Frauenfeld in Switzerland.
2 miW
Forts and castles
Schauenberg
51 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.
3.9 miSE
Forts and castles
Tannegg Castle
101 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.