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Thur

The Thur is a 135-kilometre-long river in north-eastern and a tributary of the High Rhine.
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  • Type: River
  • Description: river in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Thur Fluss” and “Thur River”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Flaach Castle and Schloss Eigenthal.

Castle
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a castle in the in the . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Castle
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a castle.

Castle
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is a castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Flaach and Volken.

Village
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in .

Village
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in .

Thur

Latitude
47.59333° or 47° 35′ 36″ north
Longitude
8.6144° or 8° 36′ 52″ east
Elevation
351 metres (1,152 feet)
Open location code
8FVCHJV7+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 39209477
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
2658373
Wiki­data ID
Q14339
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Venetian—“Thur” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Thur”
  • Basque: “Thur”
  • Catalan: “Riu Thur”
  • Catalan: “Thur”
  • Cebuano: “Thur”
  • Chinese: “图尔河”
  • Chinese: “圖爾河”
  • Croatian: “Thur”
  • Czech: “Thur”
  • Danish: “Thur”
  • Dutch: “Thur”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ثور”
  • Esperanto: “Turo”
  • Finnish: “Thur”
  • French: “Thur”
  • German: “Thur”
  • Hungarian: “Thur”
  • Irish: “Thur”
  • Italian: “Thur”
  • Japanese: “トゥール川”
  • Lithuanian: “Turas”
  • Lithuanian: “Tūras”
  • Malay: “Sungai Thur”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thur i Sveits”
  • Norwegian: “Thur”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Thur”
  • Persian: “ثور (سوئیس)”
  • Persian: “ثور”
  • Polish: “Thur”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Thur”
  • Romanian: “Thur”
  • Russian: “Проект:Водные объекты/Реки/Тур”
  • Russian: “Тур”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Thur (Rajna)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Thur”
  • Slovenian: “Thur”
  • Spanish: “Thur”
  • Swedish: “Thur”
  • Swiss German: “Thur”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Thur”
  • Turkish: “Thur Nehri”
  • Ukrainian: “Тур”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Thur”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Beobachtungswand and Aussichtsturm Thurauen.

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