Zugora

Monument and history

Knopfliturm und Stadtmauer

Zug · 438 m above sea level

Translation This English text is a draft translation of the German original and has not been reviewed yet.

Knopfliturm tower and town wall
Photo: Schulerst, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Photo · CC BY-SA 3.0

At the Knopfliturm, sections of the second town wall of Zug from the 16th century have survived on both sides of the tower. On the south-west side runs a wooden wall walk, restored in 1992.

Facts

  • Second town wall, 16th century
  • Wall walk restored in 1992

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More information

Coordinates (LV95): 2,681,853 / 1,224,428

Sources and rights

  • Terrain, relief, municipal boundaries, buildings and hiking trails: © swisstopo
  • Playgrounds and family places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License (ODbL); the derived database of places (JSON file to download) is also available under the ODbL.
  • Photos of the places of interest: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence with each photo.
  • Position of the sun after the NOAA formulas; shade values from swissSURFACE3D and swissALTI3D (calculated by the zug-family project).
  • Tips link to Zug Tourismus; only name and location are taken over.