The Gottéron is full of mills that once made the prosperity of the city of Friborg. This is not a grain mill, but a kind of mill like one can see in the glacial region (Gletschermühle). This series of basins is dug in the molasse by the water and the pebbles which swirl there.

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1. Seeligrabe Cave – Ratzekahl, the Gorge Monster loop from Alterswil FR

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2. Ratzekahl, the Gorge Monster loop from Tafers

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3. St. Ursen Church – Saint Ursus Chapel loop from Sankt Ursen

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Location: Alterswil, Sensebezirk, Fribourg, Espace Mittelland, Switzerland

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Glacial mills of the Gottéron Gorge

1. Seeligrabe Cave – Ratzekahl, the Gorge Monster loop from Alterswil FR

2. Ratzekahl, the Gorge Monster loop from Tafers

3. St. Ursen Church – Saint Ursus Chapel loop from Sankt Ursen

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