Grächwil is a hamlet of the municipality of Meikirch in the Swiss canton of Bern. A number of Hallstatt period artefacts have been found in Grächwil, including an imported bronze vessel known as the '
The Grächwil Hydria in the Bern Historical Museum
The early history of Switzerland begins with the earliest settlements up to the beginning of Habsburg rule, which in 1291 gave rise to the independence movement in the central cantons of Uri, Schwyz,
Venus of Monruz, c. 9000 BC
Pfyn culture settlement at Breitenloo, c. 3700 BC
Neolithic implements, pottery and foodstuffs, Cortaillod culture
Crystal arrowhead, Cortaillod culture, c. 3500 BC