Menziken: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Wartensee Castle is located in the surrounding area of Menziken, making it a specific cultural point of reference for a trip with an interest in history. Gamma-Inseli, Sankt Margrete and Egg are also located in the same surrounding area. You can rent a holiday apartment in Menziken.

Culture

Olten Abbey, Gütsch and Dornegg are located in the wider regional surroundings of Menziken.

Geographical Setting

Menziken is located in the upper Wynental Valley and borders the canton of Lucerne.

Nature

The municipality includes 176 hectares of forest. The highest point is the summit of Stierenberg at 872 metres, while the lowest point lies on the Wyna at 535 metres.

History

Around 1580, Menziken became a self-governing municipality after previously belonging to Reinach.

Menziken developed an industrial tradition early on, with cotton production, weaving, spinning and dyeing.

From 1838 onwards, tobacco production increasingly replaced the home-based textile industry in Menziken; this also included the production of pipe tobacco.

Water

Entenweiher is a named body of water in Menziken.

Other places: Leimbach, Beinwil Am See, Schöftland, Teufenthal, Unterkulm, Gontenschwil

For the overview of the wider travel destination: Kulm.