Knie’s Kinderzoo

Knie's Kinderzoo is a zoo aimed for children. It is located in the Swiss municipality of Rapperswil.

Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena and Rapperswil railway station.

St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena

Stadium

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St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena, formerly the Diners Club Arena, and originally known as Eishalle Lido, is an indoor sporting arena located in Rapperswil, Switzerland. St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena is situated 240 metres east of Knie’s Kinderzoo.

Rapperswil railway station

Railway station

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Rapperswil railway station is located next to the old town and harbour of Rapperswil in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It lies within both fare zone 180 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund and fare zone 996 of the Ostwind Fare Network. Rapperswil railway station is situated 450 metres northwest of Knie’s Kinderzoo.

Polish Museum

Museum

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The Polish Museum, Rapperswil, was founded in Rapperswil, Switzerland, on 23 October 1870, by Polish Count Władysław Broel-Plater, at the urging of Agaton Giller, as "a refuge for Poland's historic memorabilia dishonored and plundered in the homeland" and for the promotion of Polish interests. Polish Museum is situated 670 metres northwest of Knie’s Kinderzoo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rapperswil and Jona.

Rapperswil

Town

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Rapperswil is a former municipality and since January 2007 part of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the constituency of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, located between Obersee and the main part of Lake Zurich.

Jona

Town

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Jona is a former municipality and since January 2007 part of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Hurden

Hamlet

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Hurden is a village in the municipality of Freienbach in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. First mentioned in 1217, the name "de Hurden" was used for the peninsula and for the fish traps made of woven work, called "Hürden" or "Hurden", which were used by the locals.

Knie’s Kinderzoo

Type: Zoo
Description: zoo
Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Rapperswil, See-Gaster, Canton of St. Gallen, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.22324° or 47° 13′ 24″ north

Longitude

8.82228° or 8° 49′ 20″ east

Elevation

406 metres (1,332 feet)

Open location code

8FVC6RFC+7W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 26572316

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=zoo

GeoNames ID

10402225

Wikidata ID

Q688446

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In Other Languages

From German to Korean—“Knie’s Kinderzoo” goes by many names.

German: “Knies Kinderzoo”
Japanese: “キンダーツォー”
Korean: “크니 어린이동물원”

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