Wartensee

Wartensee is a pond in Thal, Electoral district of Rorschach, Canton of St. Gallen. Wartensee is situated nearby to the church Loretokapelle Wilen-Wartegg with Chaplaincy, as well as near Wartegg Castle.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Schloss Wartensee and Wartensee railway station.

Schloss Wartensee

Residential building

Photo: Walter Mittelholzer, Public domain.

Schloss Wartensee is a residential building.

Wartensee railway station is a railway station in Thal, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is a station on the Rorschach–Heiden mountain rack railway line of Appenzell Railways. Wartensee railway station is situated 260 metres east of Wartensee.

Wartegg Castle

Castle

Photo: Martin Sauter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wartegg Castle is a castle in Rorschacherberg, Switzerland. It was built in 1557 and served as a residence for various exiled European aristocrats and royals including the Marquis and Marquise de Bombelles, Princess Louise d'Artois, and Empress Zita and Emperor Charles I of Austria. Wartegg Castle is situated 750 metres north of Wartensee.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thal and Grub.

Thal

Village

Thal is a village and municipality in the Wahlkreis of Rorschach in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Besides the village of Thal itself, the municipality also includes the villages of Altenrhein, Buechen, Buriet and Staad. Thal is situated 2½ km east of Wartensee.