Aeffenrain

Aeffenrain is a scenic viewpoint in Rapperswil, See-Gaster, Canton of St. Gallen. Aeffenrain is situated nearby to the playground Kinderspielplatz Äfenrain, as well as near Höcklistein.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kempraten railway station and Kirche Franziskus Kempraten.

Kempraten railway station

Railway station

Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kempraten railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen, situated near the village of Kempraten in the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona. Kempraten railway station is situated 450 metres south of Aeffenrain.

Kirche Franziskus Kempraten

Church

Photo: Charly Bernasconi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kirche Franziskus Kempraten is a church, which is situated 500 metres southeast of Aeffenrain.

Centum Prata

Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Centum Prata is the name of a Roman vicus on the eastern shore of Lake Zurich, whose remains are located in Kempraten in the municipality Rapperswil-Jona, canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Centum Prata is situated 1 km southeast of Aeffenrain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rapperswil and Wolfhausen.

Rapperswil is a former municipality and since January 2007 part of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the constituency of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, located between Obersee and the main part of Lake Zurich.

Wolfhausen

Village

Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wolfhausen is a village.

Feldbach

Village

Feldbach is a village near Rapperswil, Switzerland. It is located on the north bank of the lake of Zurich and is part of the political municipality of Hombrechtikon. In the local dialect it is called Fäldbach.

Aeffenrain

Type: Scenic viewpoint
Category: tourism
Location: Rapperswil, See-Gaster, Canton of St. Gallen, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.2421° or 47° 14′ 32″ north

Longitude

8.81205° or 8° 48′ 43″ east

Open location code

8FVC6RR6+RR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5684401070

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=viewpoint

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