Zugora

Castle and palace

Schloss und Kapelle St. Andreas

Cham · 429 m above sea level

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

St. Andreas Castle and chapel
Photo: Schulerst, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Photo · CC BY-SA 3.0

St. Andreas Castle on a headland in Lake Zug goes back to a medieval castle and was given its present historicist appearance to plans by Dagobert Keiser; it is not open to the public. The neighbouring St. Andreas chapel of 1488 stands above an early medieval church and can be visited.

Facts

  • St. Andreas estate first mentioned in 1282
  • Chapel of 1488 with late Gothic frescoes
  • Castle: heritage site of national importance
  • Castle not open to the public, chapel open

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More information

Coordinates (LV95): 2,677,893 / 1,225,816

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.