Fleckstein

Fleckstein is a building in Zermatt, Visp District, Valais. Fleckstein is situated nearby to Zermatt Youth Hostel, as well as near the church Chapel of the Holy Family.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chapel of the Holy Family and Matterhorn Museum.

Chapel of the Holy Family

Church

Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Chapel of the Holy Family is a church, which is situated 290 metres southwest of Fleckstein.

The Matterhorn Museum is a cultural-natural museum in Zermatt whose main theme is the Matterhorn. The museum is in the form of a reconstituted mountain village consisting of 14 houses, and relates the history and development of tourism in the Zermatt area, including the story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party. Matterhorn Museum is situated 580 metres north of Fleckstein.

Findelbach railway station

Railway station

Photo: Whgler, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Findelbach is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, which links the resort of Zermatt with the summit of the Gornergrat. The station is situated in the municipality of Zermatt, in the Swiss canton of Valais, at an altitude of 1,770 m above mean sea level. Findelbach railway station is situated 570 metres south of Fleckstein.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riffelalp and Findeln.

Riffelalp

Hamlet

Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Riffelalp is a hamlet in the municipality of Zermatt in the canton of Valais. It is located at a height of 2,222 metres above sea level, just above the tree line, approximately halfway between the town of Zermatt and the Gornergrat mountain.

Findeln

Locality

Photo: Zermatt photos, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Findeln is a group of hamlets above Zermatt in the canton of Valais. They are located on the south facing slopes of the Sunnegga–Unterrothorn–Oberrothorn mountains.

Zum See

Hamlet

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Zum See is a hamlet in the canton of Valais. It is located above Zermatt at a height of 1,766 metres, between the rivers Zmuttbach and Gornera, at the foot the Matterhorn.

Fleckstein

Type: Building
Location: Zermatt, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.0147° or 46° 0′ 53″ north

Longitude

7.74824° or 7° 44′ 54″ east

Open location code

8FR92P7X+V7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 295840202

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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