UNESCO World Heritage Site - Lobsigesee
Lobsigensee is a lake at Lobsigen in Seedorf, canton of Bern, 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.Photo: Hic et nunc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Paleontological site
- Description: small kettle lake and archaeological site in Seedorf in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
- Also known as: “lake Lobsigen”, “Lobsigensee”, “Lobsigensee prehistoric pile dwelling”, “Lobsigesee”, “Seedorf-Lobsigensee”, “Seedorf–Lobsigensee”, and “UNESCO-Welterbe - Prähistorische Pfahlbauten um die Alpen”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Reformed church and Aarberg Castle.
Reformed church
Church
Photo: Ginkgo2g, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Reformed church is situated 1 km east of UNESCO World Heritage Site - Lobsigesee.
Aarberg Castle
Castle
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
Aarberg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Aarberg in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It's a class B cultural property and part of the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance. Aarberg Castle is situated 2 km northwest of UNESCO World Heritage Site - Lobsigesee.
Aarberg railway station
Railway station
Photo: Andreas59Mathys, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aarberg railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Aarberg, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Palézieux–Lyss railway line of Swiss Federal Railways. Aarberg railway station is situated 2 km northwest of UNESCO World Heritage Site - Lobsigesee.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seedorf and Baggwil.
Seedorf
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Seedorf is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Radelfingen
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Radelfingen is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
UNESCO World Heritage Site - Lobsigesee
- Categories: kettle lake, archaeological site, stilt house, and historic site
- Location: Seedorf (BE), Seeland, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.03162° or 47° 1′ 54″ northLongitude
7.29772° or 7° 17′ 52″ eastOpen location code
8FV927JX+J3OpenStreetMap ID
node 2195309046OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q664706
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Venetian—“UNESCO World Heritage Site - Lobsigesee” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “洛布西根湖”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره لوبسيجينسى”
- French: “Patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO - Lobsigesee”
- French: “Seedorf-Lobsigensee”
- French: “Seedorf–Lobsigensee”
- French: “site palafittique du Lobsigensee”
- German: “Lobsigensee, Bestandteil des UNESCO Welterbeobjekts ‘Pfahlbauten’”
- German: “Lobsigensee”
- German: “Lobsigesee”
- German: “UNESCO-Welterbe - Lobsigesee”
- Italian: “Lobsigensee”
- Italian: “Patrimoni dell’umanità dell’UNESCO - Lobsigesee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lobsigensee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Lobsigensee”
- Swiss German: “Lobsigesee”
- Venetian: “Lobsigensee”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gemeindeverwaltung Seedorf and Poststelle 3267 Seedorf BE.
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