St. James chapel
St. James chapel is a church in Buttwil, Muri District, Canton of Aargau. St. James chapel is situated nearby to the town hall Gemeindeverwaltung Buttwil, as well as near the museum Weissenbach sawmill.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church building in Buttwil in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Jakobskapelle”
- Address: Buttwil/AG, 5632
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Weissenbach sawmill and Muri Abbey.
Weissenbach sawmill
Museum
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Weissenbach sawmill is a museum, which is situated 1 km northwest of St. James chapel.
Muri Abbey
Church
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Muri Abbey was a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours. It flourished for over eight centuries at Muri, in the Canton of Aargau, near Zürich, Switzerland. Muri Abbey is situated 2 km east of St. James chapel.
Leontius fountain
Fountain
Photo: Voyager, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leontius fountain is situated 2 km east of St. James chapel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muri and Geltwil.
Muri
Village
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Muri, formerly known as Muri, is a municipality in southeastern Swiss Canton Aargau and is the capital of same district. The present municipality of Muri was created in 1816 from the merging of the four municipalities Langdorf, Egg, Hasli and Wey.
Geltwil
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Geltwil is a municipality in the district of Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Boswil
Village
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Boswil is a municipality in the district of Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The village lies in the Bünztal valley at the foot of the Lindenberg mountain. The hamlet Wissenbach and Sentenhof belong to the municipality. Boswil is situated 3½ km north of St. James chapel.
St. James chapel
- Categories: chapel, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Buttwil, Muri District, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.26962° or 47° 16′ 11″ northLongitude
8.31373° or 8° 18′ 49″ eastOpen location code
8FVC7897+RFOpenStreetMap ID
way 370621582OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=chapelOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q1679528
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In Other Languages
“St. James chapel” goes by many names.
- German: “Jakobskapelle (Buttwil)”
- German: “Jakobskapelle”
- German: “Kapelle St. Jakob”
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