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Until the first church was built in 1651 the inhabitants had to go to the town of Baeretswil or Pfaeffikon for service for took them up to 2 hours one way. The first church soon became to small and it was torn down in 1771 and replaced by the present one. You find it right in the center of Bauma.
Updated Feb 29, 2008
Address: Dorfstrasse
Website: http://www.kirchebauma.ch/Geschichte/Geschichte.htm
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Bauma is a good starting point for a hike. There are many signposts and worthwhile destinations include the small village of Sternenberg, Hagheerenloch or the Bachtel and Hoernli mountains (well those mountains are more like hills in the Swiss understanding).
Updated Jul 28, 2007
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Bauma is the hub for steam train events for the steamtrain club. Several times a year they run the steam train on the Bauma-Hinwil track. You can check for dates on their website. At other times you may see some very old carriages patiently waiting in the railway station for their next use.
Written Jul 28, 2007
Website: www.dvzo.ch
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You can follow this river in an easy and flat hike in both directions. The path along the river is also very popular with bicycles and in places with inline skaters. If you are tired just hop on the next train back to Winterthur.
Downriver on the way to Winterthur you will pass Rikon. Rikon is famous for its pot and pan factory but also for the Tibetan community which settled there as refugees decades ago and there is a Buddhist monastery which gets frequent visits from the Dalai Lama.
Written Jul 28, 2007
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The old center of Bauma is not very big and easily be explored on foot. If you walk uphill on the road towards Wetzikon there is a museum in an old spinning factory.
Updated Jul 28, 2007
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In the center of Bauma you will find several restaurants and a café connected to a pastry shop. The restaurants are mostly on Dorfstrasse whereas the café is located on Bahnhofstrasse. There is also a Migros supermarket and a well-sorted kiosk at the railway station.
Written Feb 29, 2008
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You can reach Bauma by car from Winterthur through the Toess valley and continue further up the valley. From Bauma you can also cross various hills either to Wetzikon or Pfaeffikon ie to the more populated areas or up to Sternenberg.
Written Feb 29, 2008
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There are buses from Wetzikon to Bauma. They run at least hourly. From Wetzikon - also situated in the Zuercher Oberland - you have better S-Bahn connections to Zurich or Rapperswil than from Bauma.
Updated Jul 28, 2007
Website: www.zvv.ch
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Bauma is connected by train to Winterthur and Rapperswil with the S-Bahn line no. 26. It runs hourly.
Written Jul 28, 2007
Website: www.zvv.ch
I came to Bauma for work reasons in 2007 and 2008 but I have previously used this town as a starting point for hiking. Bauma is situated in the Toesstal in the Zuercher Oberland. The area of Bauma...
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