Top 3 Castles around Kappelen

Very beautiful imposing bridge followed by the old town

Büren aA is worth seeing. A jewel. It has a great history and houses, bridges and banks of the Aare that are worth seeing. A great place to stop for a break.

The community of Büren an der Aare is located on the banks of the Aare, between Biel and Solothurn. The place with the old town and the wooden bridge blends gently into the landscape. Büren a.A. is described as a gem among Bernese country towns because only a few medieval settlements have been able to preserve their historical face so tightly over the centuries. The main street, part of the main road Lyss-Solothurn, the Kreuzgasse and the Spittelgasse determine the triangular floor plan of the town. In the Middle Ages, the main street with the inns was the quarter of the shopkeepers and wine negotiators, the Kreuzgasse was the craftsmen's quarter and the Spittelgasse belonged to the farmers. On the main street is the castle of the former Bernese governors, built between 1620 and 1623 during the Thirty Years' War. The district administration was housed there until the end of 2009. The town hall was built between 1613 and 1619. As the western head building of the middle row of houses, it forms the center of the city center and is now the seat of the municipal administration. The "Spittel" opposite the church dates from the 16th century, was part of the city wall that can still be seen today and now serves as a local museum. The Kornhaus on the Ländte or the church from the 13th century standing on an elevated area are further examples of the numerous historical buildings. Source https://www.bueren.ch/de/gemeinde-wirtschaft/gemeinde/portrait/

Pedestrians have priority in town!

Who Büren a. i.e. If you visit Aare for the first time, you will find that there is a superlative to "small". Namely "Tiny". The medieval town is still an eye-catcher and has many visual highlights. The landscape around Büren a. i.e. Aare knows how to please. The local restaurants are particularly popular.

Since the 13th century, a wooden bridge has connected the historic Büren with the district of Reiben north of the Aare. Since then, the wooden structure has been destroyed eight times by floods, ice flows or fire. The medieval town is worth a visit.

Büren a d Aare invites you to linger. On the one hand the beautiful and well-preserved houses of the old town - on the other hand the covered wooden bridge that leads over the Aare.

The Witteberg castle site is located in the forest above the hamlet of Wittenberg near Golaten in the Bernese Seeland in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Undated, presumably medieval earth castle, three-sided steep slopes, artificial arched ditch on the west side (585'520_203'735). The castle plateau and a partially filled neck ditch are still visible. The construction and appearance of the earth and wooden castles that were built between the 10th and 11th centuries in what is now Switzerland and in neighboring countries. It was mainly members of the high nobility (counts, noble free) who in 10./11. Century tried to increase their property and influence by clearing. In the large forest areas of the Jura and the Pre-Alps, as well as in the Central Plateau, many clearing castles were built, which were very often founded as wooden castles. As a result of the clearing work, the building material wood was produced in large quantities, so it was available inexpensively, and long transports were no longer necessary. Compared to stone construction, building a wooden castle was easy, only took a short time (a few weeks) and was associated with considerably smaller investments. https://books.google.ch/books?id=ueQ1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&dq=Erdburg+Golaten%C2%A8&source=bl&ots=F6UnUv8DXM&sig=ACfU3U3b4GCFMaeD9wx20oNlt1NYOrokoA&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjhztWeh7fvAhXF-qQKHSisBa8Q6AEwBnoECAgQAw#v=onepage&q=Erdburg%20Golaten% C2% A8 & f = false