Münchenwiler Castle
Münchenwiler Castle or Château de Villars-les-Moines is a castle and former Cluniac priory in the municipality of Münchenwiler of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.Photo: WWHenderson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle building with grounds in Münchenwiler in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Munchenwiler Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Münchenwiler-Courgevaux railway station and Murten/Morat railway station.
Münchenwiler-Courgevaux railway station
Railway station
Münchenwiler-Courgevaux railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Münchenwiler, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Fribourg–Ins line of Transports publics Fribourgeois. Münchenwiler-Courgevaux railway station is situated 1 km west of Münchenwiler Castle.
Murten/Morat railway station
Railway station
Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Murten/Morat railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Murten, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It is located at the southern junction of the standard gauge Fribourg–Ins and Palézieux–Lyss lines of Swiss Federal Railways. Murten/Morat railway station is situated 1½ km northwest of Münchenwiler Castle.
Morat Castle
Castle
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Morat Castle is situated 2 km northwest of Münchenwiler Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Münchenwiler and Courgevaux.
Münchenwiler
Village
Photo: Ch-info.ch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Münchenwiler is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Courgevaux
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Courgevaux is a municipality in the district of See or district du Lac in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Salvenach
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salvenach is a former municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.
Münchenwiler Castle
- Categories: château, park, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Münchenwiler/Villars-Les-Moines, Bern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.91206° or 46° 54′ 43″ northLongitude
7.12698° or 7° 7′ 37″ eastOpen location code
8FR9W46G+RQOpenStreetMap ID
way 222745483OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q2242550
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Satellite Map
Discover Münchenwiler Castle from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From French to Hebrew—“Münchenwiler Castle” goes by many names.
- French: “château de Villars-les-Moines”
- French: “Château de Villars-les-Moines”
- German: “Priorat Münchenwiler”
- German: “Schloss mit Park”
- German: “Schloss Münchenwiler”
- Hebrew: “טירת מינכן-ווילר”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gemeinehaus Münchenwiler and Bois Domingue.
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