Birrwil

Worth seeing in and around Birrwil

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Lake Hallwil

   Lake Hallwil is a lake largely in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, located at 47°17′N 8°12′E. It is the largest lake in Aargau and lies mostly in the districts of Lenzburg and Kulm on the southern edge of the canton. The southern tip of the lake reaches into the canton of Lucerne.

   2.1 km · lake in Switzerland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Hallwyl Castle

   Hallwyl Castle is one of the most important moated castles in Switzerland. It is located on two islands in the River Aabach, just north of the northern end of Lake Hallwil in the municipality of Seengen in the canton of Aargau.

   2.6 km · moated castle in Seengen in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Riesi

   Seengen–Riesi refers to an archaeological site in Seengen in the Swiss canton of Aargau, in the Riesi moorland reserve on Lake Hallwil, in the area where the Aabach stream flows into the lake. It is a lakeside settlement from the Late Bronze Age.

   1.9 km · archaeological site in Seengen in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Ägelmoos

   Beinwil am See–Ägelmoos is an archaeological site in Beinwil am See in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is a lakeside settlement that was probably inhabited during the Neolithic, Early Bronze Age and Late Bronze Age, i.e.

   2.6 km · archaeological site in Beinwil am See in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Erlenhölzli; Neolithic lakeside settlement

   Meisterschwanden–Erlenhölzli refers to an archaeological site in Meisterschwanden in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is located approximately 80 metres from the shore of Lake Hallwil.

   3.2 km · archaeological site in Meisterschwanden in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Brestenberg Castle

   Brestenberg Castle is a three-story, late Gothic to early Baroque manor house located in the municipality of Seengen, in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. It was built in 1625 by Hans Rudolf von Hallwil and remains adorned with his coat of arms on its southern façade.

   2.3 km · castle in Seengen in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland · Wikipedia

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Getting to Birrwil

Airports

Zürich (ZRH), 32 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 61 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 107 km

Stations

Station Building (1894), 3.6 km · Birrwil railway station, 1.4 km · Boniswil railway station, 2 km · Hallwil railway station, 3.7 km

• Geneva → Birrwil

  198 km · quickest by road, 3h 47m · CHF26–35
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• Bâle / Mulhouse → Birrwil

  82 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · €12–17
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• Friedrichshafen → Birrwil

  104 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · €18–25
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Birrwil. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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