Chutzen
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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Description: observation tower on the Frienisberg in Seedorf in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Chutzenturm”
- Address: Chutzenturm 1, Seedorf BE, 3267
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include UNESCO World Heritage Site - Lobsigesee and Residential and nursing home Frienisberg.
UNESCO World Heritage Site - Lobsigesee
Paleontological site
Photo: Hic et nunc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. UNESCO World Heritage Site - Lobsigesee is situated 2½ km northwest of Chutzen.
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 1½ km north of Chutzen.
Reformed church
Church
Photo: Ginkgo2g, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Reformed church is situated 2½ km northwest of Chutzen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frienisberg 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.
Chutzen
- Categories: tower, observation tower, building, and tourism
- Location: Seedorf (BE), Seeland, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.01488° or 47° 0′ 54″ northLongitude
7.32397° or 7° 19′ 26″ eastElevation
819 metres (2,687 feet)Height
45 metres (148 feet)Open location code
8FV9287F+XHOpenStreetMap ID
way 1188029288OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpointWikidata ID
Q1090058
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Persian—“Chutzen” goes by many names.
- French: “Chutzenturm”
- German: “Chutzenturm”
- Italian: “Chutzenturm”
- Persian: “چوتزن”
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Highlights include Chutze and Ice Cave Lobsigen.
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