Kapelle Zum See, Heilige Barbara

Kapelle Zum See, Heilige Barbara is a church in Zermatt, Visp District, Valais. Kapelle Zum See, Heilige Barbara is situated nearby to the garden Ricola Kräutergarten, as well as near the hamlet Furi.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Findelbach railway station and Riffelalp railway station.

Findelbach railway station

Railway station

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Findelbach is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, which links the resort of Zermatt with the summit of the Gornergrat. The station is situated in the municipality of Zermatt, in the Swiss canton of Valais, at an altitude of 1,770 m above mean sea level. Findelbach railway station is situated 1½ km east of Kapelle Zum See, Heilige Barbara.

Riffelalp railway station

Railway station

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Riffelalp is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, a rack railway which links the resort of Zermatt with the summit of the Gornergrat. The station is situated west of the Gornergrat, in the Swiss municipality of Zermatt and canton of Valais, at an altitude of 2,211 m above mean sea level. Riffelalp railway station is situated 1½ km east of Kapelle Zum See, Heilige Barbara.

Matterhorn Museum

Museum

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The Matterhorn Museum is a cultural-natural museum in Zermatt whose main theme is the Matterhorn. The museum is in the form of a reconstituted mountain village consisting of 14 houses, and relates the history and development of tourism in the Zermatt area, including the story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party. Matterhorn Museum is situated 2 km northeast of Kapelle Zum See, Heilige Barbara.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zum See and Furi.

Zum See

Hamlet

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Zum See is a hamlet in the canton of Valais. It is located above Zermatt at a height of 1,766 metres, between the rivers Zmuttbach and Gornera, at the foot the Matterhorn.

Furi

Hamlet

Furi is an alpine hamlet in the Pennine Alps, located three kilometers south of Zermatt, Switzerland at an altitude of 1,687m. It is located on a relatively flat area of land between the Gornera and Zmuttbach rivers.

Zmutt

Hamlet

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Zmutt is a small village in the municipality of Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland, situated at 1936 m in the Zmutt Valley west of Zermatt. The village chapel is dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, patroness of the Valais.

Kapelle Zum See, Heilige Barbara

Type: Church
Denomination: Catholic
Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Zermatt, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.00655° or 46° 0′ 24″ north

Longitude

7.73156° or 7° 43′ 54″ east

Open location code

8FR92P4J+JJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9169925051

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=catholic

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