Burgstelle Schönfels

Burgstelle Schönfels is an archaeological site in Schwarzenburg District, Bern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern. Burgstelle Schönfels is situated nearby to Grasburg Castle, as well as near the church Kappelle Schönfels.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Grasburg Castle and Schwarzenburg railway station.

Grasburg Castle

Castle

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Grasburg Castle is a ruined castle in the municipality of Schwarzenburg of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is the largest castle ruin in the Canton of Bern. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Grasburg Castle is situated 280 metres northeast of Burgstelle Schönfels.

Schwarzenburg railway station

Railway station

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Schwarzenburg railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Schwarzenburg, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is the southern terminus of the standard gauge Bern–Schwarzenburg line of BLS AG. Schwarzenburg railway station is situated 2 km southeast of Burgstelle Schönfels.

Helfenstein castle ruin

Castle

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Helfenstein castle ruin is situated 2 km south of Burgstelle Schönfels.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schwarzenburg and Wahlern.

Schwarzenburg

Village

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Schwarzenburg is a municipality in the district of Bern-Mittelland in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2011 through the merger of the municipalities of Wahlern and Albligen.

Wahlern

Village

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Wahlern is a former municipality of the canton of Bern in Switzerland and seat of the Bern-Mittelland administrative district. On 1 January 2011, the former municipalities of Wahlern and Albligen merged in the new municipality of Schwarzenburg.

Heitenried

Village

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Heitenried is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.

Burgstelle Schönfels

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Schwarzenburg District, Bern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.8318° or 46° 49′ 55″ north

Longitude

7.32912° or 7° 19′ 45″ east

Open location code

8FR9R8JH+PJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9246264239

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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