Kornhausplatz

Kornhausplatz is a square in Saint Gallen, St. Gallen. Kornhausplatz is situated nearby to the fountain Lämmlerbrunnen, as well as near Hotel Metropol.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Gallen railway station and Abbey of Saint Gall.

St. Gallen railway station

Railway station

Photo: MB-one, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St. Gallen railway station is the main railway station of the city of St. Gallen, the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is located at the junction of the standard gauge St.

The Abbey of Saint Gall is a dissolved abbey in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot where Saint Gall had erected his hermitage. Abbey of Saint Gall is situated 490 metres east of Kornhausplatz.

Abbey Library

Museum

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The Abbey library of St Gall is a significant medieval monastic library located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. In 1983, the library, as well as the Abbey of St Gall, were designated a World Heritage Site, as "an outstanding example of a large Carolingian monastery and was, since the 8th century until its secularisation in 1805, one of the most important cultural centres in Europe". Abbey Library is situated 410 metres east of Kornhausplatz.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riethüsli and St. Georgen.

Riethüsli

Suburb

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Riethüsli is a suburb.

St. Georgen

Suburb

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St. Georgen is a suburb.

Gaiserwald

Village

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Gaiserwald is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of St. Gallen in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The municipality consists of the villages of St. Josefen, Abtwil and Engelburg. Gaiserwald is situated 3 km west of Kornhausplatz.

Kornhausplatz

Type: Square
Category: locality
Location: Saint Gallen, St. Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.4232° or 47° 25′ 24″ north

Longitude

9.37102° or 9° 22′ 16″ east

Open location code

8FVFC9FC+7C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1479814252

OpenStreetMap feature

place=square

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