Wolfenschiessen

Wolfenschiessen is a village and municipality in the canton of in . Besides the village of Wolfenschiessen itself, the municipality includes the settlements of Altzellen, Büren ob dem Bach, Dörfli, and Oberrickenbach, together with a large area of high alpine land, mountains, lakes, and glaciers.
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  • Village with about 2,100 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 510 metres (1,670 feet)
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland
  • Postal code: 6386
  • Also known as
    “Büren ob dem Bach”
    “Oberrickenbach”
    “Wolfenschiessen NW”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wolfenschiessen railway station and Grossitz, Wolfenschiessen.
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is a railway…
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is a building.
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is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wirzweli and Dallenwil.
Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
is a hamlet.
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is a municipality in the canton of in . is situated 3 km north of Wolfenschiessen.
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is a municipality in the canton of in . is situated 6 km north of Wolfenschiessen.

Wolfenschiessen

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Latitude
46.90806° or 46° 54′ 29″ north
Longitude
8.39548° or 8° 23′ 44″ east
Open location code
8FRCW95W+65
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240117033
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2657961
Wiki­data ID
Q64351

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Wolfenschiessen” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Armenian: “Վոլֆենշիսեն”
  • Basque: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Breton: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Catalan: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Cebuano: “Wolfenschiessen (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Chuvash: “Вольфеншиссен”
  • Czech: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Dutch: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Esperanto: “Altzellen”
  • Esperanto: “Oberrickenbach”
  • Esperanto: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • French: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • German: “Oberrickenbach”
  • German: “Wolfenschiessen NW”
  • German: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Hebrew: “וולפסשיסן”
  • Hungarian: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Irish: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Italian: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Kazakh: “Вольфеншиссен”
  • Latin: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Lombard: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Luxembourgish: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Piemontese: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Polish: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Portuguese: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Romanian: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Russian: “Вольфеншиссен”
  • Slovak: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Spanish: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Swedish: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Swiss German: “Wolfenschiessen NW”
  • Swiss German: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Swiss German: “Wolfeschiesse”
  • Thai: “ว็อลเฟินชีเซิน”
  • Turkish: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Ukrainian: “Вольфеншіссен”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Urdu: “وولفن شیسن”
  • Uzbek: “Volfenshissen”
  • Uzbek: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Uzbek: “Волфеншиссен”
  • Venetian: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Volapük: “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wolfenschiessen”
  • Welsh: “Wolfenschiessen”

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