Spelling places

There are many sights in our region - and by that we mean the Knonaueramt in Zurich, the upper Freiamt with the districts of Muri and Bremgarten, and the neighbouring Zugerland - that are well worth a visit:

townscapes:

•     Bremgarten, which goes back to the Zähringer - a townscape of national importance
•     Maschwanden - a townscape of cantonal importance
•     Rifferswil - a townscape of cantonal importance
•     Hausen a.A.: Weiler Husertal and Tüfenbach

monuments:

•     former Cistercian monastery Kappel a.A.
•     Frauenthal Monastery
•     former Benedictine monastery with buildings from different stylistic periods, Muri
•     Benedictine Convent of St. Martin, Hermetswil
•     Pilgrimage Chapel Jonental
•     Horben Castle
•     catholic church St. Pankraz, Boswil
•     former Cistercian convent Gnadenthal

Nature:

Depending on the season, there are two special features to be discovered in the immediate vicinity of the power plant: on the one hand, a family of storks on the high chimney of the former silk weaving mill and on the other hand, in the underwater channel, the rare fish species of noses.

A small biotope with rare plant and animal species is also the Mülibach gravel pit, above the Ottenbach hamlet of Rickenbach.

The nature reserve Bibelaas is located almost in front of the house, which was one of the reasons to protect the pleasant factory with its canals and turbines.

With the completion of land improvement in Ottenbach at the end of the last century, but especially in the Aargau Reuss plain, smaller and larger biotopes and nature reserves have been created. On the left bank of the river Reuss at Mühlau there is a smaller protected area with a hide. The most prominent is the area around the Shallow Lake near Zufikon. Even in the Zug area, the extensive Maschwander Ried lies to the right of the Reuss, followed by the Zurich areas of Rözi, Lunnernallmend, Lunnerngrien and Bibelaas. An overview of the Reuss plain can be found here.