Glanzenberg Castle

Glanzenberg Castle is a ruined castle in the municipality of Unterengstringen in the Swiss canton of Zurich. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

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Type: Archaeological site
Description: castle ruin in Unterengstringen in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Also known as: “Burg Glanzenberg”, “Glanzenberg”, and “Glanzenberg ruin”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Glanzenberg railway station and Ruins Schönenwerd.

Glanzenberg railway station

Railway stop

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Glanzenberg railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zurich, situated in the city of Dietikon. The station is located on the Zurich to Olten main line, within fare zone 154 of ZVV. Glanzenberg railway station is situated 400 metres southwest of Glanzenberg Castle.

Ruins Schönenwerd

Castle

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Ruins Schönenwerd is a castle, which is situated 620 metres southeast of Glanzenberg Castle.

Dietikon railway station

Railway station

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Dietikon railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zurich, situated in the city of Dietikon in the Limmat Valley. The station is located on the Swiss Federal Railway's Zürich to Olten main line and is also the terminus of the metre gauge Bremgarten–Dietikon railway. Dietikon railway station is situated 1¼ km west of Glanzenberg Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dietikon and Schlieren.

Dietikon

Town

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Dietikon is a municipality and the fifth-largest town in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, after Zurich, Winterthur, Uster and Dübendorf. It is the capital of the district of Dietikon and part of the Zurich metropolitan area.