Fracstein Castle
Fracstein Castle is a castle in the municipality of Seewis im Prättigau of the Canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Burgruine Fracstein”
- Inscription: “Klause / Klus”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Seewis-Pardisla railway station and Grüsch railway station.
Seewis-Pardisla railway station
Railway stop
Seewis-Pardisla railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Seewis im Prättigau, in the Swiss canton of Grisons. It is an intermediate stop on the Rhaetian Railway 1,000 mm metre gauge Landquart–Davos Platz line. Seewis-Pardisla railway station is situated 1¼ km east of Fracstein Castle.
Grüsch railway station
Railway station
Grüsch railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Grüsch, in the Swiss canton of Grisons. It is an intermediate stop on the Rhaetian Railway 1,000 mm metre gauge Landquart–Davos Platz line. Grüsch railway station is situated 2½ km east of Fracstein Castle.
Schloss Seewis
Castle
Photo: Horgner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schloss Seewis is a castle, which is situated 2 km northeast of Fracstein Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seewis im Prättigau and Valzeina.
Seewis im Prättigau
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Seewis im Prättigau is a Swiss village in the Prättigau and a municipality in the Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of the Grisons.
Valzeina
Hamlet
Valzeina is a Swiss village in the Prättigau and a former municipality in the political district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2011 Fanas and Valzeina were merged with the municipality of Grüsch. Valzeina is situated 3 km south of Fracstein Castle.
Malans
Village
Malans is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the Swiss canton of the Grisons. Malans is situated 3 km west of Fracstein Castle.
Fracstein Castle
- Categories: castle ruin, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Grüsch, Region Prättigau / Davos, Graubünden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.97557° or 46° 58′ 32″ northLongitude
9.61579° or 9° 36′ 57″ eastOpen location code
8FRFXJG8+68OpenStreetMap ID
node 6210075068OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q1011758
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Fracstein Castle” goes by many names.
- French: “château de Fracstein”
- French: “Château de Fracstein”
- German: “Burg Fracstein”
- German: “Fracstein”
- German: “Grottenburg Fracstein”
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