Flachsee and the Water Buffalo – Egelsee loop from Boswil-Bünzen
Flachsee and the Water Buffalo – Egelsee loop from Boswil-Bünzen
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Flachsee and the Water Buffalo – Egelsee loop from Boswil-Bünzen
04:10
55.4km
740m
Cycling
Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 21, 2026
Tips
Includes a very steep uphill segment
You may need to push your bike.
After 26.5 km for 120 m
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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7.33 km
Flachsee and the Water Buffalo
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15.0 km
Widen Observation Tower
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18.1 km
Egelsee
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Among the knights who once lived in our land there were many godless and violent people. No traveler on the road, no seed in the field, no ox at the plow and no carving in the trough were safe from them. They robbed, burned and murdered whatever fell into their hands.
Such a monster of a knight also lived in a castle on the Heitersberg. His name was Riko. But his castle was called Bauernweh because it only brought misery and misfortune to the farmers in the area. For the knight went out every day with wild dogs and rough companions in arms and returned to his castle in the evening with heavy robbery.
On the way back from one such foray, they once came to the farm of a widow who had not been able to pay the interest on time. The monsters packed up the woman's belongings, drove her and her children out of the house and set it on fire. The mother only wanted to take a handful of flour with her to make porridge for her youngest child. Then the knight tore the child from her arms and threw it into the flames. "Now there's no need for porridge anymore," he sneered and ran off with his flock.
The mother knelt in agony by the burning house and begged heaven to have mercy on the people and end their misery.
And heaven heard the lamentation of the unhappy mother. That same night a terrible storm hit the area. Lightning flashed down on the castle without interruption, and with a mighty crash it sank, along with all hands, a hundred fathoms deep into the abyss.
The following morning a deep, black lake lay where she had sunk. For a long time he was feared and avoided by people. It's the Egelsee
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21.0 km
Heitersbergpass
Mountain Pass
31.3 km
Egelmoos
Forest
32.4 km
Torfmoos
Forest
36.7 km
Viewpoint
Viewpoint
43.9 km
Reuss Bridge with view of the old town
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44.1 km
View of the historic old town of Bremgarten
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45.8 km
Forest Path in Aargau
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47.8 km
Reuss View
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48.9 km
Flachsee
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I recommend that you take part in a city tour. Bremgarten has a long history and a thousand sights. It's definitely worth it! A first overview bremgarten-tourismus.ch/images/publikationen/Historischer_Stadtrundgang_2017.pdf
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55.4 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
30.3 km
13.3 km
8.88 km
2.22 km
762 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
22.2 km
13.4 km
10.4 km
8.46 km
792 m
255 m
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Elevation
Highest point (710 m)
Lowest point (350 m)
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