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Rapperswil Castle

castle in Rapperswil in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
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Rapperswil Castle

Summary

Rapperswil Castle is a castle[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (104 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rapperswil Castle is located in Rapperswil-Jona[3].
  • Rapperswil Castle is in the country of Switzerland[4].
  • Rapperswil Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[5].
  • The location of Rapperswil Castle was Rapperswil[6].
  • Rapperswil Castle's postal code is recorded as 8640[7].
  • Rapperswil Castle is part of list of cultural properties in Rapperswil-Jona[8].
  • Rapperswil Castle's Commons category is recorded as Schloss Rapperswil[9].
  • 1220 marks the founding of Rapperswil Castle[10].
  • Rapperswil Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.226666666667, 'lon': 8.8183333333333}[11].
  • Rapperswil Castle's located on street is recorded as Lindenhof[12].
  • Rapperswil Castle's described at URL is recorded as https://api.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/ech/MapServer/ch.babs.kulturgueter/8234/extendedHtmlPopup[13].
  • Rapperswil Castle's described at URL is recorded as https://data.geo.admin.ch/ch.babs.kulturgueter/PDF/kgs_08234_gsk-d.pdf[14].
  • Rapperswil Castle's heritage designation is recorded as class A Swiss cultural property of national significance[15].
  • Rapperswil Castle's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Rapperswil'}[16].
  • Rapperswil Castle covers an area of {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+721'}[17].
  • Rapperswil Castle's street address is recorded as {'lang': 'de-ch', 'text': 'Lindenhof 263, 263.2, 263.3, 8640 Rapperswil'}[18].
  • Rapperswil Castle's category for the interior of the item is recorded as Category:Interior of Schloss Rapperswil[19].
  • Rapperswil Castle's category for the view from the item is recorded as Category:Views from Schloss Rapperswil[20].

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Geography

Rapperswil Castle is in the country of Switzerland[4]. It is located in Rapperswil-Jona[3]. It is part of list of cultural properties in Rapperswil-Jona[8].

Physical Characteristics

Rapperswil Castle covers an area of {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+721'}[17].

Designation and Status

Rapperswil Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[5]. Its heritage designation is recorded as class A Swiss cultural property of national significance[15].

History and Context

1220 marks the founding of Rapperswil Castle[10].

Why It Matters

Rapperswil Castle ranks in the top 6% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (104 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance, February 2017. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · AnBuKu · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'hy', 'ko', 'ru']
    Pcp reference number → 8234
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ [[Property:P1435]]: [[Q8274529]]"
  2. 13w ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Rapperswil'}
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39462|batch #39462]]"
  3. 21w ago · Geonick · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Openstreetmap relation id → 17175264
    Heritage designation → class A Swiss cultural property of national significance
    Country → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P402]]: 17175264"
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