Wartensee

Wartensee is a railway stop in Thal, Electoral district of Rorschach, Canton of St. Gallen. Wartensee is situated nearby to Wartegg Castle, as well as near the village Thal.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wartensee railway station and Wartegg Castle.

Wartensee railway station

Railway stop

Wartensee railway station is a railway station in Thal, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is a station on the Rorschach–Heiden mountain rack railway line of Appenzell Railways.

Wartegg Castle

Castle

Photo: Martin Sauter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wartegg Castle is a castle in Rorschacherberg, Switzerland. It was built in 1557 and served as a residence for various exiled European aristocrats and royals including the Marquis and Marquise de Bombelles, Princess Louise d'Artois, and Empress Zita and Emperor Charles I of Austria. Wartegg Castle is situated 760 metres northwest of Wartensee.

Schloss Wartensee

Residential building

Photo: Walter Mittelholzer, Public domain.

Schloss Wartensee is a residential building, which is situated 230 metres west of Wartensee.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thal and Wolfhalden.

Thal

Village

Thal is a village and municipality in the Wahlkreis of Rorschach in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Besides the village of Thal itself, the municipality also includes the villages of Altenrhein, Buechen, Buriet and Staad.

Wolfhalden

Village

Photo: Böhringer, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Wolfhalden is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. Wolfhalden is situated 2½ km southeast of Wartensee.

Lutzenberg

Village

Photo: Wienacht, CC BY 3.0.

Lutzenberg is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. Its hamlet of Tobel is listed as a heritage site of national significance. Lutzenberg is situated 2½ km southeast of Wartensee.

Wartensee

Type: Railway stop
Categories: transport stop and transportation
Location: Thal, Electoral district of Rorschach, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.47174° or 47° 28′ 18″ north

Longitude

9.53381° or 9° 32′ 2″ east

Elevation

546 metres (1,791 feet)

Operator

AB-rhb

Network

Ostwind

Open location code

8FVFFGCM+MG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 263858312

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=stop

GeoNames ID

11127584

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