Gräpplang Castle
Gräpplang Castle is a castle in the municipality of Flums of the Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: archaeological site and castle ruins in Flums in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Gräpplang”, “Grapplang Castle”, “Gräpplang, Bronze Age hilltop settlement / medieval castle ruins”, and “Gräpplang, bronzezeitliche Höhensiedlung / mittelalterliche Burgruine”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Jakob chapel and Flums railway station.
St. Jakob chapel
Church
St. Jakob chapel is a church, which is situated 530 metres southwest of Gräpplang Castle.
Flums railway station
Railway station
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Flums railway station is a railway station in Flums, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is an intermediate stop on the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line. Flums railway station is situated 1½ km southeast of Gräpplang Castle.
Dorfkirche St. Eusebius
Church
Photo: Andreas Aschwanden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dorfkirche St. Eusebius is a church, which is situated 1¼ km east of Gräpplang Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berschis and Flums.
Flums
Village
Flums is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is close to a large shopping complex and also is the gateway to a large skiing resort called Flumserberg.
Walenstadt
Village
Photo: Breeze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Walenstadt is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is located on Lake Walen. Walenstadt is situated 2½ km northwest of Gräpplang Castle.
Gräpplang Castle
- Categories: archaeological site, hilltop settlement, castle ruin, and historic site
- Location: Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.10299° or 47° 6′ 11″ northLongitude
9.3322° or 9° 19′ 56″ eastOpen location code
8FVF483J+5VOpenStreetMap ID
way 45580240OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q1012088
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Gräpplang Castle” goes by many names.
- French: “château de Gräpplang”
- French: “Château de Gräpplang”
- German: “Burg Gräpplang”
- German: “Castrum Flumius”
- German: “Gräpplang, bronzezeitliche Höhensiedlung / mittelalterliche Burgruine”
- German: “Gräpplang”
- German: “Ruine Gräpplang”
- Indonesian: “Kastil Gräpplang”
- Turkish: “Gräpplang Kalesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Burg Gräpplang and Juniorenplatz.
Nearby Places
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