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Kyburg Castle

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Kyburg Castle

Summary

Kyburg Castle is a castle[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kyburg Castle is located in Illnau-Effretikon[3].
  • Kyburg Castle is in the country of Switzerland[4].
  • Kyburg Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[5].
  • Kyburg Castle's instance of is recorded as château[6].
  • Kyburg Castle is owned by Canton of Zürich[7].
  • The location of Kyburg Castle was Kyburg[8].
  • Kyburg Castle is part of list of cultural properties in Illnau-Effretikon[9].
  • Kyburg Castle's Commons category is recorded as Schloss Kyburg[10].
  • Kyburg Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.458383333333, 'lon': 8.7433805555556}[11].
  • Kyburg Castle's official website is recorded as https://www.schlosskyburg.ch[12].
  • Kyburg Castle's time of earliest written record is recorded as 1027[13].
  • Kyburg Castle's heritage designation is recorded as class A Swiss cultural property of national significance[14].
  • Kyburg Castle sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+648'}[15].
  • Kyburg Castle's street address is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Schloss 1'}[16].
  • Kyburg Castle's historic county is recorded as County of Kyburg[17].

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Geography

Kyburg Castle is in the country of Switzerland[4]. It is located in Illnau-Effretikon[3]. It is part of list of cultural properties in Illnau-Effretikon[9].

Physical Characteristics

Kyburg Castle sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+648'}[15].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include castle[5] and château[6]. Kyburg Castle's heritage designation is recorded as class A Swiss cultural property of national significance[14].

History and Context

Kyburg Castle is owned by Canton of Zürich[7].

Why It Matters

Kyburg Castle ranks in the top 7% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance, February 2017. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → Kyburg
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39462|batch #39462]]"
  2. 11w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Kyburg
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+648'}
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Castle", "BurgKyburg"]
    Part of → list of cultural properties in Illnau-Effretikon
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Building", "Kyburg::kt9g9"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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