Münster
Münster is a village situated in the municipality of Goms, Canton of Valais in Switzerland, at the river Rhône or Rotten.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Goms, Valais, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Muenster”, “Munster”, “Münster VS”, “Münster, Valais”, and “Musterium”
- Postal code: 3985
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Mary church with cemetery chapel and Münster VS railway station.
Münster VS railway station
Railway station
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Münster VS railway station, is a railway station in the locality of Münster-Geschinen, within the municipality of Goms, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Furka Oberalp line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn and is served by local trains only.
St. Anthony chapel on the Biel
Church
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Anthony chapel on the Biel is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Geschinen and Reckingen.
Reckingen
Village
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Reckingen is a village, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Münster.
Ulrichen Airport
Locality
Photo: wilford peloquin, CC BY 2.0.
Ulrichen Airport is a locality, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Münster.
Münster
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Goms, Goms District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.48707° or 46° 29′ 13″ northLongitude
8.26322° or 8° 15′ 48″ eastElevation
1,382 metres (4,534 feet)Open location code
8FRCF7P7+R7OpenStreetMap ID
node 4460574238OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Münster” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Münster”
- French: “Munster VS”
- French: “Münster VS”
- French: “Munster”
- French: “Münster”
- German: “Münster VS”
- German: “Münster-Geschinen”
- German: “Münster”
- Irish: “Münster”
- Italian: “Münster”
- Slovenian: “Münster VS”
- Slovenian: “Münster”
- Swedish: “Münster, Schweiz”
- Swedish: “Münster, Valais”
- Swiss German: “Münster VS”
- Swiss German: “Münster”
- Turkish: “Münster”
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Highlights include Kantonspolizei Basis Goms and Margarethenkapelle.
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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 “Münster”. Photo: Joergsam, CC BY-SA 3.0.