Schauenberg
Schauenberg is a hill and ruined castle near Turbenthal, canton of Zurich, at 892 m elevation. There were fortifications since the Iron Age, and since the early 13th century, there was a wooden structure, in the 1250s extended to a massive keep.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 890 metres
- Description: medieval castle ruins and modern high watch / signal point in Hofstetten in the municipality of Elgg in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Schauenberg Castle”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Schloss Turbenthal and Turbenthal railway station.
Turbenthal railway station
Railway station
Turbenthal railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zurich. The station is situated in the municipality of Turbenthal. It is located on the Töss Valley railway line between Winterthur and Rüti ZH, within fare zone 171 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Schlatt bei Winterthur and Hofstetten.
Schlatt bei Winterthur
Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schlatt bei Winterthur is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Hofstetten
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hofstetten is a former municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Hofstetten merged into the municipality of Elgg.
Schauenberg
- Categories: castle, castle ruin, signal point, mountain, and landform
- Location: Elgg, Winterthur District, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.4601° or 47° 27′ 36″ northLongitude
8.86655° or 8° 51′ 60″ eastElevation
890 metres (2,920 feet)Open location code
8FVCFV68+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 797595921OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Schauenberg” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Schauenberg”
- Dutch: “Schauenberg”
- Esperanto: “Burgruino Schauenberg”
- German: “Burg Schauenberg”
- German: “Burgruine Schauenberg und Hochwacht”
- German: “Burgruine Schauenberg”
- German: “Ruine Schauenberg”
- German: “Schauenberg”
- Swedish: “Schauenberg”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Schauenberg”. Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.