Sachseln

Sachseln is a and municipality in the canton of in . Besides the village of Sachseln, the municipality includes the hamlets of Edisried, Ewil and Flüeli-Ranft.
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  • Type: Village with 4,310 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Sachseln OW”
  • Postal code: 6072
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sachseln railway station and Catholic parish and pilgrimage church of St. Theodul.

Railway station
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station on the Brünig line, owned by the Zentralbahn, that links and . The station is in the municipality of Sachseln in the canton of Obwalden.

Church
Photo: Alpöhi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Building
Photo: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sarnen and Ramersberg.

Photo: pyraniton, CC BY 3.0.
is the capital of the canton of Obwalden and sits on the shore of Lake . is an ideal starting point for numerous excursions by train, car or bike; a variety of sports can be practised here or in the immediate vicinity.

Hamlet
Photo: Roland Zumbühl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km north of Sachseln.

Village
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
is a village in the canton of Obwalden in . is situated 4½ km northeast of Sachseln.

Sachseln

Latitude
46.86889° or 46° 52′ 8″ north
Longitude
8.2392° or 8° 14′ 21″ east
Population
4,310
Elevation
477 metres (1,565 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CH OSA
Open location code
8FRCV69Q+HM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240095641
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2658894
Wiki­data ID
Q64614
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Sachseln” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Sachseln”
  • Armenian: “Զաքսելն”
  • Arpitan: “Sachseln”
  • Basque: “Sachseln”
  • Breton: “Sachseln”
  • Catalan: “Sachseln”
  • Cebuano: “Sachseln (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Sachseln”
  • Chinese: “萨赫塞恩”
  • Chuvash: “Заксельн”
  • Czech: “Sachseln”
  • Dutch: “Sachseln”
  • Esperanto: “Flüeli-Ranft”
  • Esperanto: “Sachseln”
  • French: “Sachseln”
  • German: “Sachseln OW”
  • German: “Sachseln”
  • Hungarian: “Sachseln”
  • Irish: “Sachseln”
  • Italian: “Sachseln OW”
  • Italian: “Sachseln”
  • Kazakh: “Заксельн”
  • Korean: “작센”
  • Korean: “작셀른”
  • Latin: “Sachseln”
  • Lombard: “Sachseln”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sachseln”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sachseln”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sachseln”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sachseln”
  • Piemontese: “Sachseln”
  • Polish: “Sachseln”
  • Portuguese: “Sachseln”
  • Romanian: “Sachseln”
  • Russian: “Заксельн”
  • Slovenian: “Sachseln”
  • Spanish: “Sachseln”
  • Swedish: “Sachseln”
  • Swiss German: “Sachseln”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Sachseln”
  • Turkish: “Sachseln”
  • Ukrainian: “Захзельн”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Sachseln”
  • Venetian: “Sachseln”
  • Volapük: “Sachseln”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sachseln”
  • Welsh: “Sachseln”
  • “Sachseln”

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