Hohensax Castle
Hohensax is a ruined castle in the Sennwald municipality in the Swiss canton St. Gallen. The castle was built around 1200 by the barons of Sax, and was destroyed in 1446.- Type: Castle
- Description: castle ruins in Sax in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Burgruine Hohensax”, “Burgruine Sax”, and “Hohensax”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Frischenberg Castle and Reformed Church Sax.
Frischenberg Castle
Castle
Frischenberg is a ruined castle in Sennwald, canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It was built in the early 14th century by the lords of Hohensax, probably by Ulrich III von Hohensax some time after 1313. Frischenberg Castle is situated 410 metres east of Hohensax Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gasenzen and Gams.
Gams
Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gams is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Werdenberg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Gams is situated 3 km south of Hohensax Castle.
Bendern
Village
Photo: Gbmawki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bendern is a village of Liechtenstein, together with the town of Gamprin it forms in the municipality of Gamprin. It is the third smallest in the country, with an area of 6.19 km2 and a total population of 1664 people. Bendern is situated 5 km southeast of Hohensax Castle.
Hohensax Castle
- Categories: archaeological site, castle ruin, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Planken, Liechtenstein, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.2305° or 47° 13′ 50″ northLongitude
9.44398° or 9° 26′ 38″ eastOpen location code
8FVF6CJV+6HOpenStreetMap ID
way 416489880OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q1012438
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Hohensax Castle” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “霍亨萨克斯”
- Chinese: “霍亨薩克斯”
- French: “château de Hohensax”
- French: “Château de Hohensax”
- German: “Burg Hohensax”
- German: “Burg Sax”
- German: “Herrschaft Hohensax”
- German: “Hohensax”
- German: “Ruine Hohensax”
- Turkish: “Hohensax Kalesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Feuerstelle Burgruine Hohensax and Schlössli Sax.
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