Jegenstorf Castle, Jegenstorf

Name: Jegenstorf Castle
Address: General Guisanstrasse 5, Jegenstorf, 3303, Switzerland
Telephone: +41 31 761 01 59

#1 among attractions in Jegenstorf

Top attraction, Park, Museum, Forts and castles

Gallery (1)

Map

Map

Facts and practical information

Jegenstorf Castle is a castle in the municipality of Jegenstorf of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. ()

Local name: Schloss Jegenstorf Built: XII centuryElevation: 1719 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 47°2'52"N, 7°30'35"E

Address

General Guisanstrasse 5Jegenstorf 3303 Switzerland

Contact

+41 31 761 01 59

Website

Social media

Add

Jegenstorf

Day trips

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

Nearby attractions include: Museum Franz Gertsch, Bern Switzerland Temple, Schloss Reichenbach, Moossee.

5.5 miE
Specialty museum, Museum, Art museum
Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf
140 min walk • Museum Franz Gertsch is an art museum in Burgdorf, Switzerland.
4 miSW
Temple
Bern Switzerland Temple, Zollikofen
102 min walk • The Bern Switzerland Temple is a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was the church's first temple built in Europe, and the first built outside of North America.
4.9 miSW
Forts and castles
Schloss Reichenbach, Berne
124 min walk • Reichenbach castle is located in Zollikofen, about 5 kilometres north of Bern. The castle was founded as a medieval fort, probably built on the site of an earlier Roman fort, on the river Aar. The medieval castle was later rebuilt in the Baroque style. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
2.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Moossee
57 min walk • Moossee is a lake in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. Its surface area is 31 ha. The lake gives the name to Moosseedorf on its southern shore. The golf course Moossee is located east of the lake at Münchenbuchsee. The Urtenen drains Chli Moossee before flowing into Grosser Moossee 400 m further.
2.7 miN
Forts and castles, Monastery
Fraubrunnen Abbey, Berne
69 min walk • Fraubrunnen Abbey is a former Cistercian nunnery in the municipality of Fraubrunnen in the canton of Bern, Switzerland.
4.9 miS
Tower
Bantiger TV Tower
126 min walk • Bantiger TV Tower is a 196 metre tall tower used for FM- and TV-transmission at 46°58′40″N 7°31′43″E on the Bantiger mountain, a mountain east of Berne situated in the municipality of Bolligen.
4.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bantiger
126 min walk • The Bantiger is a mountain north of the Emmental Alps, overlooking the region of Bern. It is located east of Ittigen and north of Stettlen, in the canton of Bern.
2.9 miSW
Forts and castles
Hofwil Castle, Münchenbuchsee
75 min walk • Hofwil Castle is a castle in the municipality of Münchenbuchsee of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
4.9 miS
Area
Ittigen, Berne
126 min walk • Ittigen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The municipality was formed in 1983 when it and Ostermundigen were separated from territory once part of Bolligen.
5 miS
Area
Bolligen, Berne
128 min walk • Bolligen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district of the canton of Bern, Switzerland. In the historical center is a twelfth-century church, with a benefice barn and parsonage from the 16th century.
1.8 miSE
Forts and castles
Hindelbank Castle
46 min walk • Hindelbank Castle is a castle in the municipality of Hindelbank of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. It was sold to the canton in 1866 and later became a workhouse and a prison. Currently, it is the administration building of the only women's prison in Switzerland.