Wettingen Abbey, Baden

Name: Wettingen Abbey
Address: Baden, Switzerland

#10 among attractions in Baden

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Wettingen Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in Wettingen in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It was founded in 1227 and dissolved during the secularisation of 1841, but re-founded at Mehrerau in Austria in 1854. The buildings are listed as a heritage site of national significance. ()

Local name: Kloster Wettingen Coordinates: 47°27'22"N, 8°18'57"E

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Baden Switzerland

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Wettingen Abbey – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stein Castle, Historic Museum Baden & Bailiff’s Castle, Children's museum, Historisches Museum Baden.

1.3 miNW
Historical place, Forts and castles, View point
Stein Castle, Baden
33 min walk • Stein Castle is a castle ruin above the municipality of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
1.2 miN
Forts and castles
Historic Museum Baden & Bailiff’s Castle, Baden
30 min walk • The Landvogteischloss is a small castle in the city of Baden in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is located on the right bank of the Limmat River opposite the old town and once guarded the narrows between the Schlossberg to the west and the Lägern to...
1 miN
47°28'11"N • 8°18'28"E
Children's museum, Baden
26 min walk • History museum, Museum
1.2 miN
47°28'24"N • 8°18'39"E
Historisches Museum Baden, Baden
31 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
1.2 miN
Bridge
Covered wooden bridge, Baden
30 min walk • The wooden bridge is a bridge in Baden, Switzerland, and crosses the Limmat River at the narrowest point of the Klus between Schlossberg and Lägern. It is 39 meters long and leads from the left bank old town to the Landvogteischloss on the right...
1.2 miN
Sacred and religious sites, Church
Katholische Stadtkirche, Baden
30 min walk • The Stadtpfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt is the Roman Catholic parish church in Baden, Switzerland. It belongs to the Catholic parish of Baden-Ennetbaden in the diocese of Basel.
1.2 miN
Observation decks and towers, Forts and castles
Stadtturm, Baden
32 min walk • The Stadtturm is a gate tower in the old town of Baden, Switzerland. It was built in the middle of the 15th century and served as the northern city gate. Besides the bailiff's castle, it is the only completely preserved part of the medieval city...
1.2 miN
47°28'23"N • 8°18'36"E
ThiK Theater im Kornhaus, Baden
31 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
0.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Baregg
21 min walk • Baregg is the name of a hill in northern Switzerland. Until 1960, it remained an insignificant hill in the Swiss plains. However, with the onslaught of more vehicle traffic, Baregg became more and more of a problem. Eventually, the Baregg Tunnel was built.
1.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Rüsler Pass
32 min walk • Rüsler Pass is a mountain pass in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It connects Oberrohrdorf and Neuenhof. The pass road is a continuation of the Heitersberg Pass road. The pass separates the valley of the Reuss from the valley of the Limmat. The road is closed to motorized vehicles.
0.4 miSE
Locality
Neuenhof
11 min walk • Neuenhof is a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland, located in the Limmat Valley.