Documentary
Beerenberg Monastery

  The forgotten Beerenberg Monastery near Winterthur

Running time: 14 minutes

Language: German

Subtitles: German / English / French / Italian / Spanish / Portuguese

 In this documentary we get to the bottom of the history of the Beerenberg Monastery. Its ruins lie surrounded by the Beerenberg forest near Winterthur in Switzerland. What did the monastery look like? Why did it fall into oblivion? What archaeological finds were made? All this you will learn in this film.

We hope you enjoy watching it.

Credits:

Producer, camera, drone footage, narrator, editing & direction - Gregor Bächi 

Editing - Gregor Bächi

Illustrations - Oculus Illustration GmbH - Website  

3D model ruin - Florence Gilliard

Many thanks to:

Peter Niederhäuser - Historian

Cantonal Archaeology Zurich - Website

Zurich State Archives - Website