Blankenburg Castle
Blankenburg Castle is a castle and administrative center in the municipality of Zweisimmen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- 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
Photo: 1rhb, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alte Post is a house, which is situated 210 metres north of Blankenburg Castle.
Blankenburg railway station
Railway stop
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
Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Abländschen.
Zweisimmen
Village
Photo: Gürbetaler, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zweisimmen is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Abländschen
Village
Photo: Michael D. Schmid, CC0.
Abländschen is a village, which is situated 9 km northwest of Blankenburg Castle.
Blankenburg Castle
- Categories: architectural structure, architectural ensemble, barn, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Zweisimmen, Obersimmental-Saanen, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.53915° or 46° 32′ 21″ northLongitude
7.38779° or 7° 23′ 16″ eastElevation
977 metres (3,205 feet)Open location code
8FR9G9QQ+M4OpenStreetMap ID
way 290974000OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q455214
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Blankenburg Castle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Schloss Blankenburg”
- Esperanto: “kastelo Blankenburg”
- French: “Blankenburg”
- German: “Blankenburg BE”
- German: “Schloss Blankenburg mit Schlossscheune”
- German: “Schloss Blankenburg”
- Italian: “castello di Blankenburg”
- Italian: “Castello di Blankenburg”
- Romanian: “Castelul Blankenburg”
- Turkish: “Blankenburg Kalesi”
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Highlights include Blankenburg and Franciscus Church.
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