Willisau

Willisau is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the Lucerne canton of . It was formed on 1 January 2006 from the municipalities of Willisau Land and Willisau Stadt. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of merged into Willisau.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 9,240 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Willisau LU” and “Willisau Stadt”
  • Postal code: 6130

Places of Interest

Highlights include Willisau railway station and Heiligblut pilgrimage chapel.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of Willisau, in the canton of . It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Huttwil–Wolhusen line of BLS AG.

Church
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is a church.

Castle
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is a moated castle, which lies south of the village center of in the in . It was first mentioned in 1304 as the home of the Freiherr von Wediswil. is situated 3 km northeast of Willisau.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gettnau and Alberswil.

Locality
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is a former municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in . On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of merged into Willisau. is situated 3 km northwest of Willisau.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in . is situated 3½ km north of Willisau.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in . On January 1, 2006 the municipality of Kottwil, lying several kilometres to the northeast, was incorporated into . is situated 3½ km northeast of Willisau.

Willisau

Latitude
47.12152° or 47° 7′ 18″ north
Longitude
7.99659° or 7° 59′ 48″ east
Population
9,240
Elevation
558 metres (1,831 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CH WSU
Open location code
8FV94XCW+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240029461
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2657978
Wiki­data ID
Q14627
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Willisau” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Willisau”
  • Aragonese: “Willisau”
  • Armenian: “Վիլլիզաու”
  • Basque: “Willisau”
  • Breton: “Willisau”
  • Catalan: “Willisau”
  • Cebuano: “Willisau (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Willisau”
  • Chinese: “維利紹”
  • Chinese: “维利绍”
  • Chuvash: “Виллизау”
  • Danish: “Willisau”
  • Dutch: “Willisau”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويليساو”
  • Esperanto: “Willisau”
  • Faroese: “Willisau”
  • French: “Willisau”
  • German: “Willisau”
  • Hebrew: “ויליזאו”
  • Hungarian: “Willisau”
  • Irish: “Willisau”
  • Italian: “Willisau”
  • Kalaallisut: “Willisau”
  • Kazakh: “Виллизау”
  • Korean: “빌리자우”
  • Kurdish: “Willisau”
  • Lombard: “Willisau”
  • Malay: “Willisau”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Willisau”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Willisau”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Willisau”
  • Persian: “ویل لیزو”
  • Polish: “Willisau”
  • Portuguese: “Willisau”
  • Russian: “Виллизау”
  • Spanish: “Willisau”
  • Swedish: “Willisau”
  • Swiss German: “Willisou”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Willisau”
  • Turkish: “Willisau”
  • Ukrainian: “Віллізау”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Willisau”
  • Uzbek: “Willisau”
  • Venetian: “Willisau”
  • Volapük: “Willisau”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Willisau”
  • Welsh: “Willisau”

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