St. Petersinsel, Protected peninsula in Lake Biel, Switzerland.
The peninsula extends 5 kilometers in length with a maximum width of 800 meters, rising to an elevation of 474 meters above sea level.
A Cluniac monastery established in 1127 operated on the peninsula until 1484 when it transferred to the college of canons in Bern.
The former priory buildings now serve as a hotel and restaurant, preserving centuries of architectural elements from different historical periods.
Visitors can reach the peninsula by following a path through reeds and bushes from Cerlier or taking a boat from surrounding lake towns.
Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau spent two months here in 1765, considering it the happiest period of his life.
Location: Twann-Tüscherz
Elevation above the sea: 429 m
GPS coordinates: 47.07083,7.14250
Latest update: May 17, 2025 10:21
Vinifuni Ligerz–Prêles
2.1 km
Power station and weir
3 km
Court Ligerz
1.5 km
Festi ruin
2 km
Museum of viticulture on Lake Biel
1.6 km
Temple Neuf
3.8 km
Heidenwegturm
2.2 km
Left shore of Lake Biel
2.5 km
Eglise Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, La Neuveville
4 km
Katholische Kirche Täuffelen
4.2 km
Twannbachschlucht
2.9 km
Residential building for power plant employees (1914)
3.1 km
Reformed white church
3.5 km
Reformed church
1.8 km
Ovenhouse (19th c.)
3.7 km
La Neuveville town walls
3.9 km
Town hall
3.8 km
Reformed church
3 km
Fontaines des Bannerets
3.9 km
Priory St. Peter's Island
126 m
House of Bern
3.9 km
House Gaberel
1.6 km
Dragons House
3.9 km
So called Rousseau-Pavillon
137 m
House Aarberg
1.6 km
Fraubrunnen house
2.9 km
Farmhouse (around 1880)
3.6 km
Farmhouse (1894/95)
3.7 kmReviews
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