Ortschwaben

Ortschwaben is a village in Meikirch, Bern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern. Ortschwaben is situated nearby to the hamlet Schleipfen, as well as near Jetzikofen.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Little castle Heimehus with attic and Büsselimoos.

Little castle Heimehus with attic

Residential building

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Little castle Heimehus with attic is a residential building.

Büsselimoos

Nature reserve

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Büsselimoos is a nature reserve, which is situated 2½ km east of Ortschwaben.

Bremgarten Castle

Castle

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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. Bremgarten Castle is situated 4 km southeast of Ortschwaben.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirchlindach and Halen Estate.

Kirchlindach

Village

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Kirchlindach is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

The Halen Estate is a housing development near Berne, Switzerland. It was designed and built by the Atelier 5 architectural partnership from 1957 to 1961. Halen Estate is situated 2½ km southeast of Ortschwaben.

Grächwil

Hamlet

Grächwil is a hamlet of the municipality of Meikirch in the Swiss canton of Bern. A number of Hallstatt period artefacts have been found in Grächwil, including an imported bronze vessel known as the 'Grächwil Hydria', found in the princely tomb of a Celtic chieftain in 1851. Grächwil is situated 3 km northwest of Ortschwaben.

Ortschwaben

Type: Village
Postal code: 3042
Category: locality
Location: Meikirch, Bern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.99484° or 46° 59′ 41″ north

Longitude

7.39844° or 7° 23′ 54″ east

Elevation

582 metres (1,909 feet)

Open location code

8FR9X9VX+W9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1368463650

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

7669831

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