Rudenz Castle
Rudenz Castle is a ruined castle atop a hill in the municipality of Giswil in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. The castle and surroundings are a Swiss heritage site of national significance.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Giswil railway station and Parish church of St. Lawrence with ossuary and rectory.
Giswil railway station
Railway station
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Giswil is a Swiss railway station on the Brünig line, owned by the Zentralbahn, that links Lucerne and Interlaken. The station is in the municipality of Giswil in the canton of Obwalden. Giswil railway station is situated 480 metres north of Rudenz Castle.
Parish church of St. Lawrence with ossuary and rectory
Church
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
Parish church of St. Lawrence with ossuary and rectory is situated 460 metres west of Rudenz Castle.
Kaiserstuhl OW railway station
Railway station
Kaiserstuhl OW railway station is a Swiss railway station on the Brünig line, owned by the Zentralbahn, that links Interlaken and Lucerne. The station is located by the hamlet of Kaiserstuhl, in the municipality of Lungern and the canton of Obwalden. Kaiserstuhl OW railway station is situated 2 km south of Rudenz Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Giswil and Lungern.
Giswil
Village
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Giswil is a municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland.
Lungern
Village
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Lungern is a municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. It encompasses Lake Lungern and, besides the village of Lungern, the settlements of Bürglen, Kaiserstuhl and Obsee. Lungern is situated 5 km south of Rudenz Castle.
Sachseln
Village
Photo: Alpöhi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sachseln is a village and municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. Besides the village of Sachseln, the municipality includes the hamlets of Edisried, Ewil and Flüeli-Ranft. Sachseln is situated 6 km northeast of Rudenz Castle.
Rudenz Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle ruin in Rudenz in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland
- Categories: archaeological site, castle ruin, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Giswil, Obwalden, Canton of Obwalden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.83242° or 46° 49′ 57″ northLongitude
8.18444° or 8° 11′ 4″ eastOpen location code
8FRCR5JM+XQOpenStreetMap ID
way 44747993OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q994795
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In Other Languages
“Rudenz Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Burg Rudenz”
- German: “Burgruine Rudenz”
- German: “Rudenz (OW)”
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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 “Rudenz Castle”. Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.