Uster Castle

Uster Castle is a hill castle which was built probably around 1200 AD by the House of Rapperswil in the Swiss municipality of in the Canton of Zürich. Since 1995 it houses a boarding school.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle with outbuildings and garden
  • Also known as: “Burg Uster” and “Schloss Uster”
  • Address: Schlossweg 1

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Uster Reformed Church and Uster railway station.

Church
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Reformierte Kirche Uster is an Evangelical Reformed church in the Swiss municipality of in the Canton of Zürich that was built in 1824. The predecessor St.

Railway station
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Uster is a railway station in the , Switzerland, situated in the city of and within fare zone 131 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund. The station is located on the Wallisellen to Uster and Rapperswil railway line. is situated 590 metres north of Uster Castle.

Church
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is situated 290 metres northwest of Uster Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riedikon and Mönchaltorf.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in . is situated 3½ km south of Uster Castle.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in . is situated 3½ km west of Uster Castle.

Uster Castle

Latitude
47.3455° or 47° 20′ 44″ north
Longitude
8.7179° or 8° 43′ 4″ east
Levels
2
Open location code
8FVC8PW9+55
Open­Street­Map ID
way 31798141
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q685261
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Tosk Albanian—“Uster Castle” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Uster Castle”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo Uster”
  • German: “Burg Uster”
  • German: “Schloss Uster”
  • German: “Uster”
  • Swiss German: “Schloss Uschter”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Schloss Uster”

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