Turned out there is a small shopping mall and not much else.
But I walked on and found the impressive-looking Schloss Nidau.
Originally built of wood in 1140, it was replaced by a stone castle almost 100 years later.
The adjacent town of Nidau was not founded until the 14th century, but presumably there would have been some farming activity and workshops connected with the castle before then.
A river and water-filled moat surrounded the castle for many centuries, but disappeared due to major anti-flooding measures undertaken from 1868 in what is known as Swiss Seeland.
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