Schachen

Schachen is a village in Werthenstein, Entlebuch District, Canton of Lucerne. Schachen is situated nearby to the hamlet Büelm, as well as near Ennigen.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Schachen LU railway station and Enniger Kapelle.

Schachen LU railway station

Railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Schachen LU railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Werthenstein, in the Swiss canton of Lucerne. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Bern–Lucerne line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Enniger Kapelle

Church

Photo: Hp.Baumeler, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Enniger Kapelle is a church.

Malters railway station

Railway station

Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Malters railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Malters, in the Swiss canton of Lucerne. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Bern–Lucerne line of Swiss Federal Railways. Malters railway station is situated 3 km east of Schachen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Malters and Schwarzenberg.

Malters

Village

Photo: Nienetwiler, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Malters is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Malters is situated 3 km east of Schachen.

Schwarzenberg

Village

Photo: Guido Gallati, Public domain.

Schwarzenberg is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Schwarzenberg is situated 3½ km southeast of Schachen.

Werthenstein

Village

Photo: Yesuitus2001, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Werthenstein is a municipality in the district of Entlebuch in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Werthenstein is situated 4 km northwest of Schachen.

Schachen

Type: Village
Postal code: 6105
Category: locality
Location: Werthenstein, Entlebuch District, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.03588° or 47° 2′ 9″ north

Longitude

8.14356° or 8° 8′ 37″ east

Elevation

521 metres (1,709 feet)

United Nations Location Code

CH SHH

Open location code

8FVC24PV+9C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1406886408

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2658764

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In Other Languages

“Schachen” goes by many names.

German: “Schachen LU”

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