Sternenschanze

Sternenschanze is an archaeological site in Richterswil, Horgen District, Canton of Zurich. Sternenschanze is situated nearby to the fort Samstagern, neuzeitliche Schanze, as well as near the railway stop Grüenfeld railway station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Samstagern, neuzeitliche Schanze and Grüenfeld railway station.

Samstagern, neuzeitliche Schanze

Fort

Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Samstagern, neuzeitliche Schanze is a fort.

Grüenfeld railway station

Railway stop

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Grüenfeld is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zurich and municipality of Richterswil. The station is on the Wädenswil to Einsiedeln railway line, owned by the Südostbahn, within fare zone 153 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund. Grüenfeld railway station is situated 380 metres northwest of Sternenschanze.

Samstagern railway station

Railway station

Photo: Mike Knell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Samstagern is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zurich and municipality of Richterswil. It takes its name from the nearby village of Samstagern. Samstagern railway station is situated 720 metres southwest of Sternenschanze.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Samstagern and Wollerau.

Samstagern

Village

Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Samstagern is a village in the municipality Richterswil in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Hüttnersee is located in the village.

Wollerau

Village

Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wollerau is a municipality in Höfe District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. It lies on the upper Zürichsee.

Hütten

Village

Photo: Horgner, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hütten is a former municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Hütten and Schönenberg merged into the municipality of Wädenswil. Hütten is situated 3 km southwest of Sternenschanze.

Sternenschanze

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Richterswil, Horgen District, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.19676° or 47° 11′ 48″ north

Longitude

8.69188° or 8° 41′ 31″ east

Open location code

8FVC5MWR+PQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 686292137

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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