Schauensee Castle
Schauensee Castle is a castle in the municipality of Kriens of the Canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Kriens in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Schauensee”
- Address: 118, Schloss Schauensee, Kriens, 6010
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum im Bellpark and Swissporarena.
Museum im Bellpark
Museum
The Museum im Bellpark is a forum for photography, history, and art in Kriens, Switzerland. It has existed since 1991. The Museum maintains an archive that documents the development of Kriens from a village to an conurbation, and is building up a collection of Swiss drawings. Museum im Bellpark is situated 800 metres north of Schauensee Castle.
Swissporarena
Stadium
Photo: Chrisaliv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Swissporarena is a multi-use stadium in Lucerne, Switzerland, completed in 2011. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of FC Luzern of the Swiss Super League. Swissporarena is situated 2 km east of Schauensee Castle.
Kriens Mattenhof railway station
Railway stop
Kriens Mattenhof railway station is a Swiss railway station in the municipality of Kriens in the canton of Lucerne. It is on the Brünig line of the Zentralbahn railway company, which links Lucerne and Interlaken, and is also used by trains of the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line. Kriens Mattenhof railway station is situated 1½ km east of Schauensee Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kriens and Horw.
Kriens
Town
Photo: Tilman-AB, Public domain.
Kriens is a city and a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. The municipality lies at the foot of the mountain Pilatus, and is a western suburb of Lucerne.
Horw
Town
Photo: Chrisaliv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Horw is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Littau
Suburb
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Littau is a former municipality, and now part of the city of Lucerne, in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Littau merged into the municipality of Lucerne. Littau is situated 3 km northwest of Schauensee Castle.
Schauensee Castle
- Categories: château, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kriens, Lucerne-Land District, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.02741° or 47° 1′ 39″ northLongitude
8.28138° or 8° 16′ 53″ eastOpen location code
8FVC27GJ+XHOpenStreetMap ID
way 106697327OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q1662690
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In Other Languages
From Czech to German—“Schauensee Castle” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Schauensee”
- Czech: “Schowensee”
- Czech: “Zámek Schauensee”
- Dutch: “Schloss Schauensee”
- French: “château Schauensee”
- French: “Château Schauensee”
- German: “Schauensee”
- German: “Schloss Schauensee”
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