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Gräpplang, Bronze Age hilltop settlement / medieval castle ruins
🇨🇭 Switzerland · 11th century
Gräpplang Castle is a castle in the municipality of Flums of the Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Gräpplang is mentioned around the middle of the 13th century as the administrative seat of the Hochstift Chur, pledged to Ulrich von Flums in 1292 and sold to the Tschudi family in 1528, whose descendants remained owners until 1767.
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Gräpplang, Bronze Age hilltop settlement / medieval castle ruins ranks #4,191 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #93 of the 141 mapped in Switzerland. Founded 1100, it is older than 89% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 171 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. See how Switzerland compares in the castle statistics.
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