Greifenstein Castle
Greifenstein Castle is a ruined castle in the municipality of Filisur of the Canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is included on the register of the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: ruins in Filisur, Graubünden, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Burg Greifenstein”, “Burg Greifenstein (Filisur)”, “Greifenstein (Filisur)”, and “Ruine Greifenstein”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Filisur railway station and Landwasser Viaduct.
Filisur railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stephane205, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Filisur railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Filisur, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is located at the junction of the 1,000 mm metre gauge Albula and Davos Platz–Filisur lines of the Rhaetian Railway. Filisur railway station is situated 1 km west of Greifenstein Castle.
Landwasser Viaduct
Memorial
Photo: SchmalspurDVZO, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Landwasser Viaduct is a single-track six-arched curved limestone railway viaduct. It spans the Landwasser between Schmitten and Filisur, in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. Landwasser Viaduct is situated 1½ km northwest of Greifenstein Castle.
Katholische Kirche Allerheiligen und Kapelle St. Luzius
Church
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
Katholische Kirche Allerheiligen und Kapelle St. Luzius is a church, which is situated 2 km northwest of Greifenstein Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Filisur and Schmitten.
Filisur
Village
Filisur is an Alpine village and former municipality in the Albula Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. The village sits on a hillside with a view to the west where the two rivers Albula/Alvra from the Albula Pass and Landwasser from Davos meet.
Schmitten
Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schmitten is a municipality in the Albula Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
Jenisberg
Hamlet
Photo: Xenos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jenisberg is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Greifenstein Castle.
Greifenstein Castle
- Categories: archaeological site, castle ruin, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Bergün Filisur, Albula Region, Graubünden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.67599° or 46° 40′ 34″ northLongitude
9.69291° or 9° 41′ 35″ eastElevation
1,253 metres (4,111 feet)Open location code
8FRFMMGV+95OpenStreetMap ID
way 561626450OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q258518
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Greifenstein Castle” goes by many names.
- French: “château de Greifenstein”
- French: “Château de Greifenstein”
- German: “Burg Greifenstein”
- German: “Greifenstein”
- Korean: “그라이펜슈타인성”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Greifenstein”
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Highlights include Gemeindehaus and Sankt Martin.
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