Hagenwil Moated Castle – Community Hut loop from Hudelmoos

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Hagenwil Moated Castle – Community Hut loop from Hudelmoos

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Hagenwil Moated Castle – Community Hut loop from Hudelmoos

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5.20km

50m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 10, 2026

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16 m

Hudelmoos Nature Reserve Parking Area

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Hudelmoos nature reserve
Luminous birch trunks in front of dense reed belts, glittering streams between ponds, radiant swamp marigolds - thanks to individual paths that lead into the area, you can experience the Hudelmoos high moor with its springy ground under your feet.
The moraine landscape in this area was formed by the glaciers of the last Ice Age. After the ice masses retreated, small lakes formed in deeper, dense areas, from which bogs such as the Hudelmoos developed over the course of thousands of years.

History of the Hudelmoss
The increasing hunger for energy due to the growing population and industrialization in the 18th century led to peat extraction in many places. So peat was cut in the Hudelmoos from around 1750 until the middle of the 20th century. As a result of this degradation, only remnants of the original moor are left today.

Since this area was placed under cantonal protection in 1977, the largely dismantled raised bog has been regenerating. Ried meadows (small sedge and pipe grass meadows) have formed on the less humid areas. In 1990 the Hudelmoos was included in the "Federal inventory of raised and transitional moors of national importance". The aim of the current maintenance measures is to preserve the species-rich reed meadows and the generally large biodiversity and to enable further regeneration of the raised bog.

Biodiversity hotspot
The Hudelmoos is now considered a biodiversity hotspot. A monograph published in 1992 lists the following species numbers, among others:
• 40 birds
• 210 butterflies (including moths)
• 29 dragonflies
• 348 vascular plants
• 98 mosses (including 15 peat mosses)
• 298 mushrooms
Text: pro natura
pronatura-tg.ch/de/naturschutzgebiet-hudelmoos

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344 m

Orchid Meadow

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Currently, various orchids and chanterelles, as well as irises and grass lilies, are in bloom.

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513 m

Oberegger Pond

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A beautiful bog lake, with many benches to relax and watch the nature

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1.92 km

Beautiful half-timbered house

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Beautifully made old timber farmhouse with impressive decorations.

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2.71 km

Hagenwil Church

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The church in Hagenwil is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. It was one of the older churches in the canton and was first mentioned in 1095.

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2.85 km

Hagenwil Moated Castle

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The moated castle of Hagenwil is almost 800 years old and has been repeatedly destroyed and plundered for centuries.

Since 1806 it has been owned by the Angehm family, who opened an excellent restaurant in the castle. The menu is full of Thurgau delicacies.

You can find information at schloss-hagenwil.ch.

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4.14 km

Hudelmoos East

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Eastern access to the well-known Hudelmoos biotopes. No road to get there (bike ban), only possible on foot.
The Hudelmoos nature reserve lies between Amriswil and Bischofszell, in a hollow gouged out by an arm of the Rhine glacier and is surrounded by a dark strip of forest. The Riet area, which still encompasses around 30 hectares today, was placed under nature protection in 1933 and is now classified as a landscape of national importance. The magnificent local recreation area is home to a rich, sometimes very rare flora and fauna.

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5.06 km

Community Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The community of Zihlschlacht is very active here and the hut is very well maintained.
There are always new "furnishings and decorative objects" made of natural materials to be found here.

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