Grächwil
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Grachwil” and “Graechwil”
- Address: Grächwil, Meikirch, 3045
- Postal code: 3045
Places of Interest
Highlights include Schüpfen railway station and Chutzen.
Schüpfen railway station
Railway station
Schüpfen railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Schüpfen, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Biel/Bienne–Bern line of Swiss Federal Railways. Schüpfen railway station is situated 3 km north of Grächwil.
Chutzen
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Chutzen is situated 4 km west of Grächwil.
Residential and nursing home Frienisberg
Social service facility
Photo: AnBuKu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Residential and nursing home Frienisberg is a social service facility, which is situated 3½ km west of Grächwil.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Schüpfen and Schwanden.
Schüpfen
Village
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Schüpfen is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Schüpfen is situated 2½ km north of Grächwil.
Schwanden
Village
Photo: TimotheusB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schwanden is a village, which is situated 3 km northeast of Grächwil.
Frienisberg
Hamlet
Photo: AnBuKu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Frienisberg is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km west of Grächwil.
Grächwil
- Categories: village, archaeological site, and locality
- Location: Meikirch, Bern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.0152° or 47° 0′ 55″ northLongitude
7.37374° or 7° 22′ 26″ eastElevation
663 metres (2,175 feet)Open location code
8FV9298F+3FOpenStreetMap ID
node 36253760OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Grächwil” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Grachwil”
- Dutch: “Grächwil”
- German: “Grächwil”
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