Schöllenen Gorge
Schöllenen Gorge is a gorge formed by the upper Reuss in the Swiss canton of Uri between the towns of Göschenen to the north and Andermatt to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Scree with an elevation of 1,243 metres
- Description: gorge in the canton of Uri, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Schollenen” and “Schollenen Gorge”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Göschenen railway station and Former catholic church.
Göschenen railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Göschenen railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Uri and municipality of Göschenen. Situated on the original line of the Gotthard railway, at the northern mouth of the Gotthard Tunnel, the station is also the junction point with the Schöllenenbahn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Göschenen and Andermatt.
Göschenen
Village
Photo: Jan K, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Göschenen is a village and municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It sits at the northern end of the Gotthard tunnel. The Göschenen riots saw Urner troops opening fire on Italian miners demonstrating for better working conditions and wages on the tunnel's construction site.
Andermatt
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Andermatt is a town and ski resort in the canton of Uri, Switzerland. It is located at a crossroad in the Alps with great historical importance. Before the opening of the Gotthard car and train tunnels, a big part of the north–south traffic had to pass through here.
Hospental
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hospental is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. Hospental is situated 4½ km south of Schöllenen Gorge.
Schöllenen Gorge
- Categories: chine, climbing site, sports location, and landform
- Location: Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.65972° or 46° 39′ 35″ northLongitude
8.58428° or 8° 35′ 3″ eastElevation
1,243 metres (4,078 feet)Open location code
8FRCMH5M+VPOpenStreetMap ID
way 37727769OpenStreetMap feature
natural=screeOpenStreetMap feature
sport=climbingGeoNames ID
2658713Wikidata ID
Q668632
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Schöllenen Gorge” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قنطرة شولينين”
- Basque: “Schöllenen arroila”
- Cebuano: “Schöllenen”
- Czech: “Schöllenen”
- Dutch: “Schöllenen Gorge”
- Dutch: “Schöllenen”
- French: “gorges des Schöllenen”
- French: “Gorges des Schöllenen”
- French: “Schöllenen”
- German: “Schöllenen”
- German: “Schöllenenschlucht”
- German: “Teufelsbrücke”
- German: “Teufelsbruecke”
- German: “Urner Loch”
- German: “Urnerloch”
- Hungarian: “Schöllenen-szoros”
- Italian: “Gole della Schöllenen”
- Italian: “Schöllenen”
- Korean: “쇨레넨 협곡”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Schöllenen”
- Romansh: “La Scalina”
- Russian: “Чертов мост”
- Russian: “Чёртов мост”
- Slovenian: “Soteska Schöllenen”
- Spanish: “Garganta de Schöllenen”
- Swedish: “Schöllenen”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Infozentrum Zweite Röhre Gotthard and Kraftwerk Göschenen.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Schöllenen Gorge”. Photo: Kecko, CC BY 2.0.