Grasburg Castle
Grasburg Castle is a ruined castle in the municipality of Schwarzenburg of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is the largest castle ruin in the Canton of Bern. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: castle ruins in Schwarzenburg in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Burgruine Grasburg” and “Ruine Grasburg”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Schwarzenburg railway station and Lanzenhäusern railway station.
Schwarzenburg railway station
Railway station
Photo: Chrisaliv, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schwarzenburg railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Schwarzenburg, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is the southern terminus of the standard gauge Bern–Schwarzenburg line of BLS AG. Schwarzenburg railway station is situated 2 km southeast of Grasburg Castle.
Lanzenhäusern railway station
Railway station
Lanzenhäusern railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Schwarzenburg, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Bern–Schwarzenburg line of BLS AG. Lanzenhäusern railway station is situated 1½ km northeast of Grasburg Castle.
Reformierte Kirche Wahlern
Church
Photo: Ginkgo2g, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Reformierte Kirche Wahlern is a church, which is situated 2 km southeast of Grasburg Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wahlern and Schwarzenburg.
Wahlern
Village
Photo: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wahlern is a former municipality of the canton of Bern in Switzerland and seat of the Bern-Mittelland administrative district. On 1 January 2011, the former municipalities of Wahlern and Albligen merged in the new municipality of Schwarzenburg.
Schwarzenburg
Village
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Schwarzenburg is a municipality in the district of Bern-Mittelland in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2011 through the merger of the municipalities of Wahlern and Albligen.
Albligen
Village
Albligen is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011, the former municipalities of Wahlern and Albligen merged into the new municipality of Schwarzenburg.
Grasburg Castle
- Categories: archaeological site, castle ruin, rock castle, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Schwarzenburg District, Bern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.83388° or 46° 50′ 2″ northLongitude
7.33152° or 7° 19′ 54″ eastInception
1220Open location code
8FR9R8MJ+HJOpenStreetMap ID
way 415513652OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q1315504
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In Other Languages
From French to Italian—“Grasburg Castle” goes by many names.
- French: “Burgruine Grasburg”
- French: “Château Grasburg”
- German: “Burgruine Grasburg”
- German: “Grasburg”
- Italian: “Castello di Grasburg”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Grasburg Castle”. Photo: WWHenderson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.