Galgenbuck

Galgenbuck is a locality in Rheinau, Andelfingen District, Canton of Zurich. Galgenbuck is situated nearby to the locality Zum Pflug, as well as near Rheinauer Feld.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rheinau Abbey and Spitzkirche Magdalena.

Rheinau Abbey

Church

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Rheinau Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Rheinau in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, founded in about 778 and suppressed in 1862. It is located on an island in the Rhine.

Spitzkirche Magdalena

Church

Photo: Charly Bernasconi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Spitzkirche Magdalena is a church.

St. Nicholas shared church, so-called mountain church

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rheinau and Marthalen.

Rheinau

Village

Photo: Rolf.eigenheer, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.

Rheinau is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It is located at a bend of the High Rhine, which forms the Swiss-German border in this area, and includes an island with an abbey.

Marthalen

Village

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Marthalen is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Marthalen is situated 2½ km southeast of Galgenbuck.