The Reuss and then the Limmat flow into the Aare in a small area near Turgi in the canton of Aargau. The volume of water that comes together here constitutes around one third of Switzerland’s surface runoff. This special place is called Wasserschloss. The name has become established over the past 30 in association with the protection of the entire landscape in the area.
The three rivers form an ecological and dynamic artery for the entire landscape.
A typical habitat is the alluvial sites which are periodically flooded. An alluvial site trail informs visitors about their importance. The canton of Aargau places particular importance on the protection of alluvial sites. With its Alluvial Site Protection Park it aims to conserve and restore other residual alluvial sites in the canton until they represent at least one percent of the cantonal territory.
Nature reserves and landscape protection areasA large part of this area is listed, inter alia, in the following federal inventories:
- Federal Inventory of Landscape and Natural Monuments of National Importance (BLN object no 1019 “Wasserschloss (Zusammenfluss Aare / Reuss / Limmat)”)
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- Inventory of Alluvial Zones (object no 208 “Les Grèves du Chablais de Cudrefin” and object no 37 “Wasserschloss Brugg – Stilli”)
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- Interactive map browser displaying the object included in the BLN (available in German and French)
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Other links- All of the federal Swiss inventories can be displayed on an interactive map using this map browser (available in German and French)
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- Detailed information on the effects of outdoor sport and leisure activities on nature (available in German and French)
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- Background information on the Wasserschloss and alluvial zones (in German)
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- Background information on the alluvial zones and Alluvial Zone Protection Park (in German)
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