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Wangen Castle
Wangen an der Aare Castle is a castle in the municipality of Wangen an der Aare of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. [1]
The canton of Bern or Berne is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Bern. The bear is the heraldic symbol of the canton, displayed on a red-yellow background.
Büren an der Aare is a historic town and a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Wangen an der Aare is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Büren District was a district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland, with its capital at Büren an der Aare. It contained 14 municipalities in an area of 88 km²:
Wangen may refer to:
Wangen District was one of the 26 administrative districts in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital was the municipality of Wangen an der Aare. The district had an area of 129 km² and consisted of 23 municipalities. It was dissolved on 31 December 2009 when it and the Aarwangen District became part of the Oberaargau district.
The High Rhine is the name used for the part of the Rhine that flows westbound from Lake Constance to Basel. The High Rhine begins at the out flow of the Rhine from the Untersee in Stein am Rhein and turns into the Upper Rhine in Basel. In contrast to the Alpine Rhine and Upper Rhine, the High Rhine flows mostly to the west.
Seeland is a region in Switzerland, at the south-eastern foot of the mountain range of the Jura Mountains containing the 3 Lakes of Morat, Neuchâtel, and Bienne (Biel). In previous eras, it was the floodplain of the Aare and was thus swampy. After the huge hydrological works Jura water correction, the area drained out and could support more cultivation. Seeland is one of the most important regions in Switzerland for growing vegetables, particularly in the Grand Marais.
The Oberaargau is the region that encompasses the upper watershed of the Aar River in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On the north, lie the Jura Mountains, and on the south the hills leading to the Emmental
The County of Kyburg probably came into existence in the 11th century and is first mentioned in 1027. After 1053 it was a possession of the counts of Dillingen. It was greatly expanded with the extinction of the House of Lenzburg in 1173.
The Zähringerstadt is a historic section in the Old City of Bern in Bern, Switzerland.
The Nydegg is a historic section in the Old City of Bern in Bern, Switzerland.
On 1 January 2010, the 26 districts were combined into 10 new precincts :
Büren Castle is a castle in the municipality of Büren an der Aare in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
The Thunstetten Commandery was a medieval monastery of the Knights Hospitaller in the Swiss municipality of Thunstetten in the Canton of Bern. Today the lands house Thunstetten Castle, which is a national landmark of Switzerland.
The Aarewaage is a whirlpool phenomenon in the Swiss river Aare at Aarburg, canton of Aargau. In 1996, it was added to the Federal Inventory of Landscapes and Natural Monuments.
The Aare Seeland mobil AG based in Langenthal is a transport company in Switzerland. It was created in 1999 from the merger of Oberaargau Regional Transport, the Solothurn-Niederbipp Railway, the Biel-Täuffelen-Ins Railway and the Oberaargauische Automobilkurse.
Wangen an der Aare railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Wangen an der Aare, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Jura Foot line of Swiss Federal Railways.
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Coordinates: 47°14′10″N7°39′17″E / 47.23607°N 7.65466°E
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