Lindenhof (Rapperswil)

Lindenhof hill (its eastern part is called Herrenberg) dominates the old city of Rapperswil, a locality of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Hintergasse at the southernly base of the hill, is probably the oldest street in Rapperswil, and is flanked by medieval houses and estates, and further small private Rose gardens.

Inside the castle's palais, there is located the Schloss Restaurant having a rather expensive cuisine,[1] but there's yet no tourist shop, kiosk or snack bar.

[2] In June 2012 the citizens of Rapperswil (Bürgerversammlung) voted to re-design the tophill Lindenhof area, but the proposal was too extensive, so a stripped-down variant was accepted in December, reducing the costs down from 1 million to 380,000 Swiss Francs.

The historic metal railing at the viewing platforms were retained and supplemented with fall protection as they no longer met the safety requirements; the project was managed by Hager & Partner.

As seen from Etzel (mountain) , Frauenwinkel protected area at Seedamm and the wooden lake bridge in the foreground, Zürichsee to the right, Obersee to the left.
Lindenhof respectively Schlossberg vineyard and Bühler-Allee as seen from the harbour area towards Seedamm
Lindenhof as seen from Kempraten on a photochrome of 1899
Lido and historic stable of the Deer park
Lindenhof tophill area