Nidau

Nidau is a municipality within the Biel/Bienne administrative district within the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Nidau is first mentioned in 1196 as Nidowe. The remains of a number of stilt residence settlements from the neolithic till the overdue Bronze Age had been located along the lake shore in Nidau. A La Tene artifact turned into determined inside the Thielle/Zihl canal. Several iron ingots which have been probable from the Roman technology were located within the old Thielle/Zihl river. Along the river, a wood citadel turned into constructed in 1140.

A second fortress was constructed in 1180, which turned into changed with the stone Nidau Castle in the early thirteenth century. The town turned into built south of the citadel. It become both built or improved simply before the Battle of Laupen in 1338. The triangular metropolis pointed toward the fort and had a first-rate avenue that paralleled the river and ran north-south. Three go streets ran west from the primary road. The remaining rely of Nidau, Rudolf IV died in 1375 in a battle inside the Gugler War.