Moving Company Mellingen – removals for private customers and businesses

Around 1230, the Kyburg counts founded a fortified market on the left bank of the Reuss and surrounded it with a ring wall. A bridge has crossed the river since the middle of the 13th century, and Mellingen received its town charter in 1296. Because the Catholic little town was the most important bridgehead between Bern and Zurich, it was occupied by troops no fewer than twelve times between 1528 and 1712. Today Mellingen has 6,319 inhabitants (as at the end of 2024).

Moving in the old town

The old town lies within the perimeter of the BLN area Reusslandschaft, a landscape of national importance, and because of its well-preserved architecture it is listed among the townscapes worthy of protection. It was rebuilt after the town fire of 1 September 1505, which destroyed around three quarters of the buildings. Anyone living in such a historic core knows the challenge: little space in front of the house and narrow stairwells. As your moving company in Mellingen, we therefore clarify early on:

• where the removal van can stop and whether we organise the parking reservation
• whether a furniture lift will take the strain off the stairwell
• how long the carrying distance to the front door is

Plain, moraine and hillside

Outside the old town, the buildings are spread over the plain by the river and the hillside east of the Reuss. To the north and east, a wooded terminal moraine of the Reuss glacier bounds the area; the 70-metre-high Gruemet is a remnant of it. In the north-west, the Reuss has cut a gorge about 40 metres deep through the moraine. The highest point, at 445 m above sea level, is in the Schneeschmelzi area, and the lowest, at 344 m, is on the Reuss. For addresses on the hillside, we check access and vehicle size during the free survey.

Railway, tank farm and growth

Mellingen placed great hopes in the Nationalbahn railway, which opened in 1877 with a Reuss bridge and station and went bankrupt just one year later. Since 1975, the Zurich S-Bahn has stopped at Mellingen Heitersberg station in the Mühlebach valley, on the line through the Heitersberg tunnel. Around 1970, the largest tank farm for petrol and oil in Switzerland was built next to the station. From the 1960s to the early 21st century, the population grew by more than two thirds.

For commuter households, we schedule moving day on a Saturday on request, and we relocate businesses outside their operating hours. Our base in Wallisellen is around 24 km away as the crow flies.

To the north, Mellingen borders Fislisbach and Rütihof, an exclave of Baden, and to the east Niederrohrdorf. For these routes we are the removals company for Fislisbach, help with your move to Niederrohrdorf and, as your moving company in Baden, also in Rütihof. You can reach your movers in Mellingen via the quote form.

Questions about Mellingen

How do you plan a move in Mellingen's old town?
The old town on the left bank of the Reuss is one of Switzerland's townscapes worthy of protection. During the survey we determine where the removal van can stop, organise the parking reservation and use a furniture lift if needed.

Do you also move households to the neighbourhoods east of the Reuss?
Yes. Mellingen's buildings extend over the plain by the river and the hillside east of the Reuss. For addresses on the hillside, we check access, carrying distance and the right vehicle size in advance.