Heidegg Castle

Heidegg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Hitzkirch of the Canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

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Photo: Heinrich Fleckenstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Email: info@heidegg.ch
Type: Museum
Description: château in Gelfingen in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
Also known as: “Heidegg Castle with residential building and chapel” and “Schloss Heidegg”
Address: Schloss Heidegg 1, Schloss Heidegg, Gelfingen, 6284

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gelfingen railway station and Catholic Church St. Pankratius.

Gelfingen railway station

Railway stop

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Gelfingen railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Hitzkirch, in the Swiss canton of Lucerne. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Seetal line of Swiss Federal Railways. Gelfingen railway station is situated 700 metres southwest of Heidegg Castle.

Catholic Church St. Pankratius

Church

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Catholic Church St. Pankratius is situated 1¼ km northwest of Heidegg Castle.

Hitzkirch railway station

Railway station

Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hitzkirch railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Hitzkirch, in the Swiss canton of Lucerne. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Seetal line of Swiss Federal Railways. Hitzkirch railway station is situated 2 km northwest of Heidegg Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gelfingen and Sulz.

Gelfingen

Village

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Gelfingen is a former municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009 it became part of the municipality of Hitzkirch.

Sulz

Village

Sulz is a former municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, Sulz together with Gelfingen, Hämikon, Mosen, Müswangen, and Retschwil joined Hitzkirch.

Richensee

Village

Photo: Nienetwiler, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Richensee is a village.

Heidegg Castle

Categories: built structure, château, museum building, chapel, park, castle, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
Location: Hitzkirch, Hochdorf District, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.21668° or 47° 13′ 0″ north

Longitude

8.27311° or 8° 16′ 23″ east

Inception

1192

Operator

Vereinigung Pro Heidegg

Open location code

8FVC678F+M6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 167225110

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q1534495

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Heidegg Castle” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Schloss Heidegg”
French: “château Heidegg avec maison d’habitation et chapelle”
French: “Château Heidegg avec maison d’habitation et chapelle”
German: “Heidegg”
German: “Schloss Heidegg mit Wohnhaus und Kapelle”
German: “Schloss Heidegg”
Italian: “castello di Heidegg con residenza e cappella”
Swedish: “Schloss Heidegg”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Schlosskeller and Kapelle Schloss Heidegg.

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