The Seerücken is a
hill range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
of the northern
Swiss Plateau, located in the canton of
Thurgau
Thurgau (; ; ; ), anglicized as Thurgovia, and formally as the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts. Its capital is Frauenfeld.
Thurgau is part of Eastern Switzerland. I ...
. On its north side it overlooks the
Untersee branch of
Lake Constance
Lake Constance (, ) refers to three bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein (). These ...
.
The summit area of the Seerücken consists of a 700-metre-high plateau, where are the hamlets of
Reutenen and Salen. The culminating point (721 m) is located at Büürer Holz, south of Reutenen.
See also
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List of most isolated mountains of Switzerland
References
Mountains of Thurgau
Mountains of Switzerland
Mountains of Switzerland under 1000 metres
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