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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Lake Walen”, “Lake Walenstadt”, and “Wallensee”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mühlehorn railway station and Reformed church.
Mühlehorn railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bahnfan44789, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mühlehorn railway station is a railway station in Mühlehorn, in the Swiss canton of Glarus. It is an intermediate stop on the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line.
Chapel of Saint Bernhard
Church
Photo: RomanDeckert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapel of Saint Bernhard is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mühlehorn and Quinten.
Mühlehorn
Village
Photo: Ramessos, Public domain.
Mühlehorn is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Mühlehorn is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord.
Quinten
Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Quinten is a hamlet situated on the north shore of the Walensee in Switzerland. It belongs to the municipality of Quarten. As there are no roads leading to Quinten, it is only reachable by boat or on foot.
Walensee
- Categories: area not part of a municipality of Switzerland and body of water
- Location: Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Walensee from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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”
- 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”
- Tosk Albanian: “Walensee”
- Turkish: “Walen Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Валензее”
- Venetian: “lago de Walen”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Murg railway station and Leistchamm.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Walensee”. Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.