Rosenburg Castle
Rosenburg Castle is a ruined castle located to the west of the municipality of Herisau in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: also known as Ramsenburg, castle ruins near Herisau in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Ramsenburg”, “Rosenburg”, and “Ruine Rosenburg”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Schachen railway station and Herisau railway station.
Schachen railway station
Railway station
Schachen railway station is a railway station in Herisau, in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. It is an intermediate station on the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway and is served as a request stop by local trains only. Schachen railway station is situated 1 km southwest of Rosenburg Castle.
Herisau railway station
Railway station
Photo: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Herisau railway station is a railway station in Herisau, in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. It is an intermediate station on the 1,435 mm standard gauge Bodensee–Toggenburg line of Südostbahn and the 1,000 mm metre gauge Gossau–Wasserauen line of Appenzell Railways. Herisau railway station is situated 1½ km east of Rosenburg Castle.
Historical Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Historical Museum is situated 2 km east of Rosenburg Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Herisau and Gossau.
Herisau
Town
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Herisau is a municipality and the capital of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. It is the seat of the canton's government and parliament; the judicial authorities are situated in Trogen.
Gossau
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Gossau is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of St. Gallen in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Gossau is situated 3 km north of Rosenburg Castle.
Rosenburg Castle
- Categories: archaeological site, hill castle, castle ruin, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Herisau, Bezirk Hinterland, Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.38846° or 47° 23′ 19″ northLongitude
9.25436° or 9° 15′ 16″ eastOpen location code
8FVF97Q3+9POpenStreetMap ID
way 1027088233OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q2167053
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In Other Languages
From French to Swiss German—“Rosenburg Castle” goes by many names.
- French: “château de Rosenburg”
- French: “Château de Rosenburg”
- German: “Ramsenburg”
- German: “Roseburg”
- German: “Rosenburg (AR)”
- German: “Rosenburg (Ramsenburg)”
- German: “Rosenburg”
- Italian: “Castello di Ramsenburg”
- Italian: “Castello di Rosenburg”
- Italian: “Ramsenburg”
- Italian: “Rosenburg”
- Italian: “Rovine del castello di Ramsenburg”
- Italian: “Rovine del castello di Rosenburg”
- Swiss German: “Ramseburg”
- Swiss German: “Roseburg”
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