page_title: Rapperswil Castle
section_title: Herbal garden
hierarchical_section_title: Rapperswil Castle / Architecture and points of interest / Herbal garden
caption_attribution_description: Kräutergarten und Polnisches Gartendenkmal (herbal garden and Polish garden memorial) at 'the' Schloss (castle) in Rapperswil (Switzerland), Stadtpfarrkirche (St. John's church) in the background.
context_page_description: Rapperswil Castle is a castle, built in the early 13th century AD by the House of Rapperswil in the former independent city of Rapperswil.
  It is located on the eastern Zürichsee respectively western Obersee lakeshore in Rapperswil, a locality of the municipality Rapperswil-Jona in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Since 1870, the castle has been home to the Polish National Museum established by Polish émigrés, including the castle's lessee and restorer, Count Wladyslaw Broel-Plater. Schloss Rapperswil and the museum are listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as Class A objects of national importance.
context_section_description: The city and local board of Rapperswil-Jona initiated in 2011 a new service and operating concept for the Rapperswil castle to provide the site as a touristic attraction and meeting place, and thus recognizable as a brand. For this purpose, the tower, the battlements and the herb garden were opened to the public.
caption: Herbal garden on a small plateau within the castle's fortifications, Liebfrauenkapelle's clock tower and the main facade of the St. John's church in the background
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