The road west from Kreuzlingen towards the Untersee arrives first at the village of Tägerwilen (alt. 406 m/1,332ft) with the church of SS Cosmas and Damian. 1.5km/1mi south, above the village, Schloss Castell or Chastel, was built in 1661 near the palace of the bishops of Constance, which was destroyed in 1499; it was rebuilt between 1878 and 189
4. Tägerwilen was the birthplace of Hermann Müller (1850-1927), who produced the Müller-Thurgau grape (a cross between Riesling and Sylvaner) which bears his name.