Heidegg Castle

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Heidegg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Hitzkirch of the Canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. ()

Local name: Schloss Heidegg Built: XIII centuryCoordinates: 47°13'0"N, 8°16'23"E

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Schloss HeideggGelfingen 6284 LucerneSwitzerland

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Heidegg Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Muri Abbey, Schlachtkapelle, Lake Hallwil, Lake Baldegg.

5.2 miNE
Historical place, Monastery, Baroque architecture
Muri Abbey, Muri
132 min walk • Muri Abbey is a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours. It flourished for over eight centuries at Muri, in the Canton of Aargau, near Zürich, Switzerland.
5.7 miSW
Memorial
Schlachtkapelle
145 min walk • Schlachtkapelle is a term used in Switzerland for a chapel dedicated to the memory of one of the battles of the Old Swiss Confederacy. Schlachtkapellen in Switzerland include those commemorating: the battle of Morgarten, the battle of Sempach, the battle of Näfels, the battle of Stoss, the battle of Dornach, among others.
5.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Hallwil
137 min walk • Lake Hallwil is a lake largely in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, located at 47°17′N 8°12′E. It is the largest lake in Aargau and lies mostly in the districts of Lenzburg and Kulm on the southern edge of the canton.
1.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Baldegg
34 min walk • Lake Baldegg is a lake in the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Its area is about 5.2 km² and its maximum depth is 69 m.
1.5 miE
Forts and castles
Nünegg Castle
40 min walk • Nünegg Castle is a ruined castle in the municipality of Hohenrain of the Canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
2.5 miE
Forts and castles
Horben Castle
65 min walk • Horben Castle is a castle in the municipality of Beinwil in the canton of Aargau. It is located at an elevation of 818 meters in the Horben-Hochebene near the border with the Canton of Lucerne.
5.2 miNW
47°16'42"N • 8°12'27"E
Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps
134 min walk • Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps are a series of prehistoric pile dwelling settlements in and around the Alps built from about 5000 to 500 BC on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands.
2.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lindenberg
70 min walk • The Lindenberg, peaking at 878 m, is a wooded hill in the Swiss Plateau north of the Alps, situated between the valleys of the Aabach, the Bünz and the Reuss. The hill draws a straight north–south line. On his ridge lies the border between the cantons of Lucerne and Aargau.
6.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Steinibühlweiher
159 min walk • Steinibühlweiher is a pond at Sempach in the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. The artificial reservoir has a surface area of 3 ha.
1.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Seetal
45 min walk • The Seetal is a valley in the cantons of Lucerne and Aargau in Switzerland. The valley descends from south to north from near Eschenbach to Lenzburg, and is drained by the Aabach and the Ron.
5.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Stierenberg
142 min walk • The Stierenberg is a wooded mountain north of the Alps, located between the cantons of Aargau and Lucerne, with the summit being within the canton of Aargau. The Stierenberg is the highest summit between the valleys of the Suhre and Aabach.