Zugora

Castle and palace

Schloss Freudenberg

Risch · 435 m above sea level

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Freudenberg Castle
Photo: Rastatter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · Photo

Freudenberg Castle was built from 1929 to 1933 for the general director Erwin Hürlimann on a hill above Lake Zug; the plans are by the British architects Howard Robertson and John Murray Easton, the garden was designed by Russell Page. Castle and park are privately owned and not open to the public.

Facts

  • Built 1929–1933
  • Not open to the public
  • Part of the BLN site 1309 «Zugersee»

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More information

Coordinates (LV95): 2,677,127 / 1,223,103

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.