Lake Lucerne
Lake Lucerne is a lake in central Switzerland and the fourth largest in the country.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake at Lucerne, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Lac d’Uri”, “Lac des Quatre Cantons”, “Lago dei Cantoni”, “Lake of Lucerne”, “Lake of the Four Forest Cantons”, “Lucerne”, and “Vierwaldstättersee”
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Bürgenstock and Meggenhorn Castle.
Bürgenstock
Peak
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The Bürgenstock is a mountain in Switzerland with an elevation of 1,128 m above sea level, situated beside Lake Lucerne. Since the late 19th century, the Bürgenstock is the site of a large hotel and conference centre, today known as Bürgenstock Resort, situated some 600 m above Lake Lucerne.
Meggenhorn Castle
Castle
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Meggenhorn Castle is a castle in Meggen near the Swiss city of Lucerne. It was built in 1868/70 by Edouad Hofer-Grosjean from Mulhouse and in 1926 equipped with a Welte Philharmonic Organ. Meggenhorn Castle is situated 4 km northwest of Lake Lucerne.
Meggen Zentrum railway station
Railway station
Meggen Zentrum railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Meggen, in the Swiss canton of Lucerne. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Lucerne–Immensee line of Swiss Federal Railways. Meggen Zentrum railway station is situated 3½ km northwest of Lake Lucerne.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hertenstein and Weggis.
Weggis
Photo: Manfred Heyde, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Weggis is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. It forms part of the northern shore of Lake Lucerne. The official language is German.
Ennetbürgen
Village
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Ennetbürgen is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland. Ennetbürgen is situated 3½ km south of Lake Lucerne.
Lake Lucerne
- Categories: area not part of a municipality of Switzerland and body of water
- Location: Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Lucerne” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة لوسيرن”
- Armenian: “Ֆիրվալշտեդյան լիճ”
- Arpitan: “Lèc des quatro payis”
- Arpitan: “Lèc des Quatro-Payis”
- Basque: “Lau Kantonamenduetako aintzira”
- Belarusian: “Фірвальдштэцкае возера”
- Bosnian: “Jezero Lucerne”
- Bulgarian: “Фирвалдщетско езеро”
- Catalan: “Llac de Lucerna”
- Catalan: “Llac dels Quatre Cantons”
- Cebuano: “Lake of Lucerne”
- Chinese: “卢塞恩湖”
- Chinese: “琉森湖”
- Chinese: “瑞森湖”
- Chuvash: “Фирвальдштет кӳлли”
- Chuvash: “Фирвальдштет”
- Czech: “Lucernské jezero”
- Czech: “Vierwaldstättské jezero”
- Danish: “Vierwaldstättersøen”
- Dutch: “Vierwoudstrekenmeer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره لوسيرن”
- Esperanto: “Kvarkantona Lago”
- Esperanto: “Lago de Lucerno”
- Estonian: “Vierwaldstättersee”
- Faroese: “Vierwaldstättersee”
- Finnish: “Vierwaldstätterjärvi”
- French: “Lac des 4 Cantons”
- French: “Lac des Quatre Cantons”
- French: “lac des Quatre-Cantons”
- French: “Lac des Quatre-Cantons”
- French: “Vierwaldstättersee”
- Georgian: “ფირვალდშტეტის ტბა”
- German: “Lac des Quatre Cantons”
- German: “Luzerner See”
- German: “Vierwaldstätter See”
- German: “Vierwaldstättersee”
- Hebrew: “אגם לוצרן”
- Hebrew: “ימת ארבעת הקנטונים”
- Hungarian: “Vierwaldstätti-tó”
- Indonesian: “Danau Luzern”
- Irish: “Loch Lucerne”
- Italian: “lago dei Quattro Cantoni”
- Italian: “Lago dei Quattro Cantoni”
- Italian: “Lago di Lucerna”
- Japanese: “ルツェルン湖”
- Korean: “루체른호”
- Latin: “Quattuor Regionum Lacus”
- Latvian: “Fīrvaldšteterezers”
- Lithuanian: “Keturių kantonų ežeras”
- Lithuanian: “Keturių Kantonų ežeras”
- Luxembourgish: “Luzerner Séi”
- Luxembourgish: “Véier-Kanton-Séi”
- Luxembourgish: “Vierwaldstätterséi”
- Macedonian: “Луцернско Езеро”
- Macedonian: “Фирвалдштетско Езеро”
- Mingrelian: “ფირვალდშტეტიშ ტობა”
- Northern Frisian: “Vierwaldstätter Sia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vierwaldstättersee”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vierwaldstättersjøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vierwaldstättersjøen”
- Norwegian: “Vierwaldstättersjøen”
- Persian: “دریاچه لوسرن”
- Polish: “Jezioro Czterech Kantonów”
- Polish: “Lac des Quatre Cantons”
- Polish: “Luzerner See”
- Polish: “Vierwaldstättersee”
- Portuguese: “Lac des Quatre Cantons”
- Portuguese: “Lago dos Quatro Cantões”
- Portuguese: “Lago Lucerna”
- Portuguese: “Vierwaldstättersee”
- Romanian: “Lacul celor Patru Cantoane”
- Romansh: “Lai dals Quatter Chantuns”
- Russian: “Люцернское озеро”
- Russian: “Фирвальдштетское озеро”
- Serbian: “Lucernsko jezero”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lucernsko jezero”
- Sicilian: “Lacu dî quattru cantuna”
- Sindhi: “لوسرن ڍنڍ”
- Slovak: “Vierwaldstattské jazero”
- Slovenian: “Jezero štirih kantonov”
- Slovenian: “Luzernsko jezero”
- Slovenian: “Vierwaldstadtsko jezero”
- Slovenian: “Vierwaldstättersee”
- Spanish: “Lago de los Cuatro Cantones”
- Swedish: “Vierwaldstättersjön”
- Swiss German: “Vierwaldschtättersee”
- Tosk Albanian: “Vierwaldstättersee”
- Turkish: “Dört kanton Gölü”
- Turkish: “Dört Kanton Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Люцернське озеро”
- Ukrainian: “Озеро Чотирьох Лісових Кантонів”
- Ukrainian: “Фірвальдштетське озеро”
- Ukrainian: “Фірвальдштеттське озеро”
- Urdu: “جھیل لوسرن”
- Venetian: “Łago dei Cuatro Cantoni”
- Venetian: “Łago dei Quatro Cantoni”
- Welsh: “Llyn Lucerne”
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