Forstegg Castle

Forstegg Castle is a ruined castle in the municipality of Sennwald of the Canton of St Gallen in Switzerland. It was built around 1200 by the Barons of Sax/Misox, was abandoned in the 19th century and fell into ruin in 1894.

Photo: Böhringer, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Castle
Description: castle ruins in Salez in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Also known as: “Forstegg” and “Medieval castle ruins of Forstegg”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Salez-Sennwald railway station and Freizeitpark Widau.

Salez-Sennwald railway station

Railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Salez-Sennwald railway station is a railway station in Sennwald, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is an intermediate stop on the Chur–Rorschach line. Salez-Sennwald railway station is situated 680 metres southeast of Forstegg Castle.

Freizeitpark Widau

Pitch

Freizeitpark Widau is a football stadium in Ruggell, Liechtenstein. It is the home ground of FC Ruggell and has a capacity of 500. Freizeitpark Widau is situated 2 km east of Forstegg Castle.

Gampriner Seele

Photo: Plutowiki, CC0.

Gampriner Seele or Gampriner Seelein is the only lake in Liechtenstein. It was created by a flood of the Rhine River with enormous erosion in 1927. The lake lies at 435 metres above sea level in the village of Bendern–Gamprin. Gampriner Seele is situated 2½ km southeast of Forstegg Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ruggell and Gamprin.

Ruggell

Village

Photo: Asurnipal, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ruggell is a municipality of Liechtenstein. It is the northernmost and lowest elevated municipality. As of 2019, it has a population of 2,322.

Gamprin

Village

Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gamprin is a municipality of Liechtenstein, on the Rhine on the border with the municipality of Sennwald, in Switzerland. It had 1,690 inhabitants in 2019. Gamprin is situated 3 km south of Forstegg 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 4 km south of Forstegg Castle.

Forstegg Castle

Categories: archaeological site, castle ruin, building, and historic site
Location: Sennwald, Werdenberg Disctrict, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.24579° or 47° 14′ 45″ north

Longitude

9.49595° or 9° 29′ 45″ east

Open location code

8FVF6FWW+89

OpenStreetMap ID

way 418178008

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

Wikidata ID

Q1011745

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In Other Languages

From German to Turkish—“Forstegg Castle” goes by many names.

German: “Burg Forstegg”
German: “Mittelalterliche Burgruine Forstegg”
Indonesian: “Kastil Forstegg”
Turkish: “Forstegg Kalesi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: 56 Km and Forstegg.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Pistolenschiessstand and Sennwald, Forstegg.

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