Kappelle Schönfels

Kappelle Schönfels is a church in Heitenried, Sense District, Canton of Fribourg. Kappelle Schönfels is situated near the archaeological site Burgstelle Schönfels, as well as near Grasburg Castle.

Type: Church
Denomination: Catholic
Address: Heitenried, 1714

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Grasburg Castle and Schwarzenburg railway station.

Grasburg Castle

Castle

Photo: WWHenderson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Grasburg Castle is a ruined castle in the municipality of Schwarzenburg of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is the largest castle ruin in the Canton of Bern. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Grasburg Castle is situated 500 metres northeast of Kappelle Schönfels.

Schwarzenburg railway station

Railway station

Photo: Chrisaliv, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Schwarzenburg railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Schwarzenburg, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is the southern terminus of the standard gauge Bern–Schwarzenburg line of BLS AG. Schwarzenburg railway station is situated 2 km southeast of Kappelle Schönfels.

Helfenstein castle ruin

Castle

Photo: Ginkgo2g, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Helfenstein castle ruin is situated 1½ km south of Kappelle Schönfels.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schwarzenburg and Wahlern.

Schwarzenburg

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Schwarzenburg is a municipality in the district of Bern-Mittelland in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2011 through the merger of the municipalities of Wahlern and Albligen.

Wahlern

Village

Photo: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wahlern is a former municipality of the canton of Bern in Switzerland and seat of the Bern-Mittelland administrative district. On 1 January 2011, the former municipalities of Wahlern and Albligen merged in the new municipality of Schwarzenburg.

Albligen

Village

Photo: Hadi, CC0.

Albligen is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011, the former municipalities of Wahlern and Albligen merged into the new municipality of Schwarzenburg.

Kappelle Schönfels

Categories: building, chapel, place of worship, and religion
Location: Heitenried, Sense District, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.83202° or 46° 49′ 55″ north

Longitude

7.32537° or 7° 19′ 31″ east

Open location code

8FR9R8JG+R4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 234093278

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=chapel

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=catholic

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Burgstelle Schönfels and Lengholz.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Burgruine Grasburg and Torenöli Römerweg.

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