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Laufen Castle

castle in Laufen in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland
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Laufen Castle

Summary

Laufen Castle is an architectural structure[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of architectural_structure entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Laufen Castle is located in Laufen-Uhwiesen[3].
  • Laufen Castle is in the country of Switzerland[4].
  • Laufen Castle's instance of is recorded as architectural structure[5].
  • Laufen Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[6].
  • Laufen Castle is part of list of cultural properties in Laufen-Uhwiesen[7].
  • Laufen Castle's Commons category is recorded as Schloss Laufen[8].
  • Laufen Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.6767, 'lon': 8.615}[9].
  • Laufen Castle's official website is recorded as https://www.schlosslaufen.ch/en.html[10].
  • Laufen Castle's official website is recorded as https://www.schlosslaufen.ch/de[11].
  • Laufen Castle's time of earliest written record is recorded as 858[12].
  • Laufen Castle's heritage designation is recorded as class B Swiss cultural property of regional significance[13].
  • Laufen Castle's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection[14].
  • Laufen Castle's street address is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Rheinfallweg, Laufen'}[15].

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Geography

Laufen Castle is in the country of Switzerland[4]. It is located in Laufen-Uhwiesen[3]. It is part of list of cultural properties in Laufen-Uhwiesen[7].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include architectural structure[5] and castle[6]. Heritage statuses include class B Swiss cultural property of regional significance[13] and Swiss townscape worthy of protection[14].

Why It Matters

Laufen Castle ranks in the top 9% of architectural_structure entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of Regional Significance, February 2017. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → Laufen
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