Seedorf, Bern

Frienisberg Abbey is a former Cistercian religious house in the Swiss municipality of Seedorf in the Canton of Bern.

Lobsigensee is a lake at Lobsigen in Seedorf, Berne, Switzerland. Its surface area is 1.73 ha (4.3 acres). 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.The Lobsigensee UNESCO site is on the southwestern shore of the lake. Based on several finds, the site has been dated to the second half of the 4th millennium BC. The first excavation was carried out in 1908, followed by test digs in 1924 and 1953. Starting in the 1950s private collectors found a number of artifacts in Lobsigensee. In 2005 and 2007 the site was explored again. The recent excavations discovered a burnt layer that indicated that at least one of the settlements was destroyed by a fire. The 2005 test borings identified numerous huts or houses.

The Chutzen (or Chutze; 820 m) 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. On the summit lies a 45-metre-high wooden tower, the Chutzenturm, which opened in June 2010.

Suberg-Grossaffoltern railway station (German: Bahnhof Suberg-Grossaffoltern) is a railway station in the municipality of Grossaffoltern, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Biel/Bienne–Bern line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Lyss (German pronunciation: [ˈliːs]) is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011, the former municipality of Busswil bei Büren was merged with Lyss.

Aarberg railway station (German: Bahnhof Aarberg) 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 Castle (German: Schloss Aarberg) is a castle in the municipality of Aarberg in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Lyss Grien railway station (German: Bahnhof Lyss Grien) is a railway station in the municipality of Lyss, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Palézieux–Lyss railway line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Lyss railway station (German: Bahnhof Lyss) is a railway station in the municipality of Lyss, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It sits at the junction of the standard gauge Biel/Bienne–Bern, Lyss–Solothurn, and Palézieux–Lyss lines of Swiss Federal Railways.

Grossaffoltern is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is known for its stork colony.

The Aarberg District was an administrative district of the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital was the town of Aarberg. The district contained 12 municipalities covering an area of 153 km2 (59 sq mi): CH-3270 Aarberg CH-3282 Bargen CH-3257 Grossaffoltern CH-3283 Kallnach CH-3273 Kappelen CH-3250 Lyss CH-3045 Meikirch CH-3283 Niederried bei Kallnach CH-3271 Radelfingen CH-3255 Rapperswil CH-3054 Schüpfen CH-3267 SeedorfFrom 1 January 2010, the district has been replaced by the Seeland (administrative district), whose administrative centre is Aarberg.

Seeland District in the Canton of Bern was created on 1 January 2010. It is part of the Seeland administrative region. It contains 42 municipalities with an area of 334.14 km2 (129.01 sq mi) and a population (as of 2020) of 76,052.