Tellenburg Castle
Tellenburg Castle is a ruined castle in the municipality of Frutigen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.Photo: Chriusha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle ruin in Frutigen in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Tellenburg” and “Tellenburg castle ruin”
- Address: Hubelhausweg 10a, Frutigen, 3714
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Frutigen railway station and St. Mauritius Frutigen.
Frutigen railway station
Railway station
Frutigen is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Bern and municipality of Frutigen. The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, and is the junction point where the routes via the older Lötschberg tunnel and the more recent Lötschberg base tunnel diverge. Frutigen railway station is situated 1½ km north of Tellenburg Castle.
St. Mauritius Frutigen
Church
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
St. Mauritius Frutigen is a church, which is situated 1½ km north of Tellenburg Castle.
Tropenhaus Frutigen
Photo: Abaddon1337, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tropenhaus in Frutigen, Switzerland, is a commercial project using geothermal energy from hot water flowing out of the Lötschberg base tunnel for the production of sturgeon meat, and caviar and formerly exotic fruit in a tropical greenhouse in the Swiss alps. Tropenhaus Frutigen is situated 2 km north of Tellenburg Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mitholz and Mülenen.
Mitholz
Hamlet
Photo: Draemmli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mitholz or Blausee-Mitholz is a village in Kandergrund municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland, with 170 inhabitants as of 2020. Blausee-Mitholz is a station on the Lötschberg railway line. Mitholz is situated 6 km south of Tellenburg Castle.
Mülenen
Village
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mülenen is a village in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district of the Swiss canton of Bern. The village is divided between the municipalities of Reichenbach im Kandertal and Aeschi bei Spiez. Mülenen station, on the Lötschberg railway line, and… Mülenen is situated 8 km northeast of Tellenburg Castle.
Kandersteg
Kandersteg is a village in the Bernese Highlands in Switzerland. Located in the heart of the Alps, Kandersteg is the perfect location to explore the mountains and observe the traditional Swiss alpine lifestyle and it is also on the edge of the Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch UNESCO world heritage site.
Tellenburg Castle
- Categories: castle ruin, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Frutigen, Frutigen-Niedersimmental, Canton of Bern, Bernese Highlands, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.57594° or 46° 34′ 33″ northLongitude
7.65207° or 7° 39′ 8″ eastElevation
824 metres (2,703 feet)Open location code
8FR9HMG2+9ROpenStreetMap ID
way 153349153OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q1247344
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In Other Languages
“Tellenburg Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Burgruine Tellenburg”
- German: “Tellenburg”
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Highlights include Stundenstein 11 and XI Stunden von Bern.
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