Sargans is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Sargans is known for its castle...
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Sargans Castle is a castle in the municipality of Sargans of the Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance...
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Vaduz Castle (redirect from Schloss Vaduz)
who were presumably also the builders, were the counts of Werdenberg-Sargans. The bergfried (the keep, built in the 12th century) and parts of the eastern...
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their estates in the region were inherited by the Counts of Werdenberg-Sargans. According to the chronicler Aegidius Tschudi the castle was owned by the...
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higher noble) family of Ortenstein held the castle for the Werdenberg-Sargans family. In the 15th century a number of nobles lived in Ortenstein. The...
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to Sargans via St. Gallen, the S6 which operates south-east to Schwanden/Linthal via Ziegelbrücke, and the S17 which operates eastwards to Sargans via...
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Counts of Werdenberg-Sargans. In 1392 Anna von Rhäzüns received the castle from her husband Count Johann von Werdenberg-Sargans. In 1437 the two castles...
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Werdenberg-Sargans in 1437. The castle was destroyed in 1451 during a war between the residents of the Schams valley against Werdenberg-Sargans. The attackers...
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hourly service to Sargans via St. Gallen. S6 / S17: half-hourly service to Ziegelbrücke and hourly service to Schwanden / Linthal or Sargans. Zürich S-Bahn:...
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Brandis Castle (redirect from Schloss Brandis)
they paid the same price to buy Maienfeld from the Counts of Werdenburg-Sargans. After 1359 the Toggenburg Counts began expanding the fortified tower into...
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