Frienisberg Abbey

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Frienisberg Abbey is a former Cistercian religious house in the Swiss municipality of Seedorf in the Canton of Bern. ()

Local name: Kloster Frienisberg Coordinates: 47°1'37"N, 7°19'53"E

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BernSwitzerland

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

Nearby attractions include: Bremgarten Castle, St. Paul's Church, Neubrügg, Schloss Reichenbach.

6.3 miSE
Forts and castles
Bremgarten Castle, Berne
160 min walk • Bremgarten Castle is a castle in the municipality of Bremgarten of the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
6.9 miSE
Church, Art Nouveau architecture
St. Paul's Church, Berne
177 min walk • St. Paul's Church is a Reformed Church in Bern, Switzerland built by Swiss architect Karl Moser from 1902 to 1905 in an Art Nouveau style.
5.8 miSE
Bridge
Neubrügg, Berne
150 min walk • The Neubrügg or Neubrücke is a covered wooden bridge over the river Aare between the village of Kirchlindach and Bern in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
6.1 miSE
Forts and castles
Schloss Reichenbach, Berne
156 min walk • Reichenbach castle is located in Zollikofen, about 5 kilometres north of Bern. The castle was founded as a medieval fort, probably built on the site of an earlier Roman fort, on the river Aar. The medieval castle was later rebuilt in the Baroque style. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
4.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Wohlen
110 min walk • Lake Wohlen is a reservoir in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. Its surface is approximately 3.65 km² and its maximum depth is 20 m. It lies between the towns of Bremgarten bei Bern and Mühleberg. Lake Wohlen was completed in 1920.
6.6 miSE
Library
Gymnasium Neufeld, Berne
168 min walk • The "Gymnasium Neufeld" in Bern is a state grammar-school of the canton "Bern". An instruction course leads to the grammar-school general qualification for university entrance. This school is popular for its concerts. Contents: 1 History 2 Brilliant achievements 2.1 Music 2.2...
0.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Chutzen
24 min walk • The Chutzen is a wooded hill of the Swiss Plateau, located halfway between Lake Biel and Bern. It lies south of the village of Frienisberg and belongs to the municipality of Seedorf.
1.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lobsigensee
42 min walk • Lobsigensee is a lake at Lobsigen in Seedorf, Berne, Switzerland. Its surface area is 1.73 ha. On the northwestern shore there are remains of a neolithic settlement that is now part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps, an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
2.9 miNW
Forts and castles
Aarberg Castle, Aarberg
74 min walk • Aarberg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Aarberg in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
3.4 miNW
Area
Kappelen, Aarberg
88 min walk • Kappelen is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
4.2 miS
Watermill
Hofenmühle
106 min walk • The Hofenmühle is an 18th-century water mill in the municipality of Wohlen near Bern, Switzerland. The existence of the mill, which is private property, is attested since 1719. After the 1920 damming of the River Aar that created the Wohlensee reservoir, the water wheel was replaced with a Brown, Boveri & Cie turbine.