Churfirsten

Churfirsten is a building in Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, which is located on Moosstrasse. Churfirsten is situated near the sports venue Mini-Golf, as well as near the museum Zwingli’s birth house.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Zwingli’s birth house and Wildhaus Pass.

Zwingli’s birth house

Museum

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Zwingli’s birth house is a museum, which is situated 690 metres southeast of Churfirsten.

Wildhaus Pass

Mountain saddle

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Wildhaus Pass is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the canton of St. Gallen in Eastern Switzerland. The main road culminates at 1,090 metres, while the pass itself lies at an elevation of 1,027 metres above sea level.

Thur waterfalls

Waterfall

Photo: Hardcoreraveman, CC0.

The Thur waterfalls are two cascades located on the upper part of the river Thur, approximately ten minutes walking distance from the village square of Unterwasser in the Toggenburg region of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Thur waterfalls is situated 1½ km west of Churfirsten.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wildhaus and Unterwasser.

Wildhaus

Village

Photo: Parpan05, CC BY 2.5.

Wildhaus is a village and former municipality in the Toggenburg region of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, since 2010 by merger with Alt St. Johann part of the municipality of Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann.

Unterwasser

Village

Photo: Parpan05, CC BY 2.5.

Unterwasser is a village in the Toggenburg region of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, situated at the confluence of the two streams forming the upper Thur.

Alt St. Johann

Village

Photo: Breeze, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Alt St. Johann is a village in the Toggenburg region, since 2010 part of the municipality Wildhaus-Alt St.Johann in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Alt St. Johann is situated 4 km west of Churfirsten.

Churfirsten

Type: Building
Address: Moosstrasse 28, Wildhaus, 9658
Location: Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.20392° or 47° 12′ 14″ north

Longitude

9.33202° or 9° 19′ 55″ east

Open location code

8FVF683J+HR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 223856869

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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