Schanz
Schanz is an archaeological site in Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Schanz is situated nearby to the playground Spielplatz Niederfeld OT Altenburg, as well as near the forest Wald Halbinsel Schwaben.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dachsen railway station and Rheinau Abbey.
Dachsen railway station
Railway station
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dachsen is a railway station in the municipality of Dachsen in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. It is located on the Rheinfall line, within both fare zone 116 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund and fare zone 821 of the Ostwind Fare Network. Dachsen railway station is situated 1 km north of Schanz.
Rheinau Abbey
Church
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Rheinau Abbey is situated 1½ km south of Schanz.
St. Nicholas shared church, so-called mountain church
Church
Photo: Charly Bernasconi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Nicholas shared church, so-called mountain church is situated 1½ km south of Schanz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dachsen and Rheinau.
Dachsen
Village
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dachsen is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Rheinau
Village
Photo: Rolf.eigenheer, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
Rheinau is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland. It is located at a bend of the Rhine River which forms the Swiss-German border in this area.
Laufen-Uhwiesen
Village
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Laufen-Uhwiesen is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Schanz
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.65791° or 47° 39′ 29″ northLongitude
8.61076° or 8° 36′ 39″ eastOpen location code
8FVCMJ56+58OpenStreetMap ID
node 540725220OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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