Kastelen Tower Ruins
Kastelen Tower is a ruined castle in the municipality of Alberswil of the Canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tower
- Description: ruined castle in Alberswil in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Ruine Kastelen”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Swiss Agricultural Museum Burgrain and St. Blasius Chapel.
Swiss Agricultural Museum Burgrain
Museum
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Swiss Agricultural Museum Burgrain is situated 480 metres southeast of Kastelen Tower Ruins.
St. Blasius Chapel
Church
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
St. Blasius Chapel is a church, which is situated 680 metres southeast of Kastelen Tower Ruins.
Gettnau railway station
Railway station
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gettnau railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Gettnau, in the Swiss canton of Lucerne. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Huttwil–Wolhusen line of BLS AG. Gettnau railway station is situated 2 km southwest of Kastelen Tower Ruins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ettiswil and Gettnau.
Ettiswil
Village
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Ettiswil is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On January 1, 2006 the municipality of Kottwil, lying several kilometres to the northeast, was incorporated into Ettiswil.
Gettnau
Locality
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gettnau is a former municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Gettnau merged into Willisau.
Schötz
Village
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Schötz is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Ohmstal merged into the municipality of Schötz. Schötz is situated 2½ km north of Kastelen Tower Ruins.
Kastelen Tower Ruins
- Categories: archaeological site, castle ruin, hill castle, castle, and historic site
- Location: Alberswil, Willisau District, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.14694° or 47° 8′ 49″ northLongitude
7.993° or 7° 59′ 35″ eastOpen location code
8FV94XWV+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
way 269953071OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerWikidata ID
Q6374795
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In Other Languages
“Kastelen Tower Ruins” goes by many names.
- German: “Burg Kastelen”
- German: “Kastelen”
- German: “Ruine Kastelen”
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Highlights include Schloss Castelen and Agrovision Burgrain: Viehstall Besuchergalerie.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kastelen Tower Ruins”. Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.