Blankenburg Castle

Blankenburg Castle is a castle and administrative center in the municipality of Zweisimmen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Type: Castle
Description: castle with outbuilding in Blankenburg in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
Also known as: “Blankenburg Castle with castle barn” and “Schloss Blankenburg”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Alte Post and Blankenburg railway station.

Alte Post

House

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Alte Post is a house, which is situated 210 metres north of Blankenburg Castle.

Blankenburg railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Zweisimmen, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line of the Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway. Blankenburg railway station is situated 310 metres northwest of Blankenburg Castle.

Zweisimmen railway station

Railway station

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Zweisimmen railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Zweisimmen, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is the terminus of the standard gauge Spiez–Zweisimmen line and of the 1,000 mm Montreux–Zweisimmen and Zweisimmen–Lenk im Simmental lines. Zweisimmen railway station is situated 2 km northwest of Blankenburg Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zweisimmen and St. Stephan.

Zweisimmen

Village

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Zweisimmen is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

St. Stephan

Village

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St. Stephan is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The namesake is the First Century martyr. St. Stephan is situated 3½ km south of Blankenburg Castle.