Lehwil

Lehwil is a hamlet in Tafers, Sense District, Canton of Fribourg. Lehwil is situated nearby to the hamlet Niedermuhren, as well as near Wiler vor Holz.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Michael Parish Church and Grasburg Castle.

St. Michael Parish Church

Church

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Grasburg Castle

Castle

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Grasburg Castle is a ruined castle in the municipality of Schwarzenburg of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is the largest castle ruin in the Canton of Bern. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Grasburg Castle is situated 4 km east of Lehwil.

Helfenstein castle ruin

Castle

Photo: Ginkgo2g, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Helfenstein castle ruin is situated 3½ km southeast of Lehwil.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heitenried and St. Antoni.

Heitenried

Village

Photo: LuFiLa, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Heitenried is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.

St. Antoni

Village

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St. Antoni is a former municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.

Albligen

Village

Photo: Hadi, CC0.

Albligen is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011, the former municipalities of Wahlern and Albligen merged into the new municipality of Schwarzenburg. Albligen is situated 3½ km northeast of Lehwil.

Lehwil

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Tafers, Sense District, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.83523° or 46° 50′ 7″ north

Longitude

7.28171° or 7° 16′ 54″ east

Open location code

8FR9R7PJ+3M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1014424376

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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