Urseren

The Urseren is the valley of the upper in , , running southwest to northeast, from to and . Separated from the main valley of Uri, it connects to the via the Furkapass, to the via the Oberalppass and to the via the .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Realp railway station and Realp DFB railway station.

Railway station
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a metre gauge station serving the municipality of , in the Canton of , . The station is close to the eastern portal of the Furka Base Tunnel, on the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, which connects in , via in Uri, with , Uri, and , Graubünden.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of . It is the eastern terminus of the Furka Steam Railway, a heritage railway that operates over the Furka Pass route.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Realp and Hospental.

Village
is a municipality in the canton of in .

Village
is a municipality in the canton of in . is situated 4½ km northeast of Urseren.

The region of , conventionally referred to as the , represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.

Urseren

Latitude
46.6° or 46° 36′ north
Longitude
8.51667° or 8° 31′ east
Elevation
1,648 metres (5,407 feet)
Open location code
8FRCHGX8+XM
Geo­Names ID
2658218
Wiki­data ID
Q675685
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Tosk Albanian—“Urseren” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Ուրսերեն
  • Bulgarian: Урсерентал
  • Cebuano: Urserental
  • Dutch: Urseren
  • Dutch: Urserental
  • French: Urseren
  • French: Urserenthal
  • French: Vallée d’Urseren
  • German: Talschaft Urseren
  • German: Urseren
  • German: Ursern
  • German: Ursernthal
  • Irish: Urseren
  • Italian: Urserental
  • Italian: Valle di Orsera
  • Korean: 우르제렌
  • Korean: 우르제른
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Urseren
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Urseren
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Urserendalen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Urserental
  • Norwegian: Urseren
  • Romansh: Val d’Ursera
  • Russian: Урсерен
  • Swedish: Urseren
  • Swiss German: Urschere
  • Swiss German: Urseren
  • Tosk Albanian: Urserental

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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 “Urseren”. Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.