Walensee
The Walensee, also known as Lake Walen and Lake Walenstadt, is one of the larger lakes in Switzerland. Located in the east of the country, about two thirds of its area are in the canton of St. Gallen and about one third in the canton of Glarus.
- Lake
- …lies at an elevation of 419 metres (1,375 feet)
- Description: lake in Switzerland
- Also known as“Lake Walen”“Lake Walenstadt”“Wallensee”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mühlehorn railway station and Chapel of Saint Bernhard.
Mühlehorn railway station
Railway station
Mühlehorn railway station is a railway station in Mühlehorn, in the Swiss canton of Glarus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mühlehorn and Quinten.
Mühlehorn
Village
Ramessos, Public domain.
Mühlehorn is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus, Switzerland, located on Lake Walen.
Walensee
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Latitude
47.12287° or 47° 7′ 22″ north
Longitude
9.19496° or 9° 11′ 42″ east
Open location code
8FVF45FV+4X
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Venetian—“Walensee” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Valenze gölü”
- Bulgarian: “Валензее”
- Catalan: “Llac de Walenstadt”
- Cebuano: “Walensee”
- Chinese: “瓦伦湖”
- Chuvash: “Валензе”
- Czech: “Walensee”
- Dutch: “Walenmeer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “والينسى”
- Esperanto: “Valenlago”
- Finnish: “Walensee”
- French: “lac de Walenstadt”
- French: “Lac de Walenstadt”
- German: “Walensee”
- Hebrew: “אגם ואלן”
- Hungarian: “Walensee”
- Italian: “lago di Walen”
- Italian: “Lago di Walen”
- Italian: “Lago di Walenstadt”
- Italian: “Lago Walenstadt”
- Japanese: “ヴァレン湖”
- Kadazan Dusun: “Walensee”
- Korean: “발렌제”
- Latvian: “Vālenezers”
- Lithuanian: “Valeno ežeras”
- Mingrelian: “ვალენიშ ტობა”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Walensee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Walensjøen”
- Polish: “Walensee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Walen”
- Romansh: “Lag Rivaun”
- Romansh: “Lai Rivaun”
- Russian: “Валензе”
- Slovak: “Walensee”
- Slovenian: “Walensee”
- Spanish: “Lago de Walen”
- Swedish: “Walensee”
- Swiss German: “Waläsee”
- Swiss German: “Walensee”
- Turkish: “Walen Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Валензее”
- Venetian: “lago de Walen”
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