Lurtigen

Lurtigen or Lourtens is a former municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in . Its French name, little-used today, is Lourtens.
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  • Type: Village with 181 residents
  • Description: village and former municipality in Morat the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Lourtens” and “Lurtigen FR”
  • Postal code: 3215

Places of Interest

Highlights include Löwenberg Castle and Galmiz railway station.

Manor estate
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or Château de la Motte is a castle in the municipality of , in the Swiss . It is classified as a heritage site of national significance. is situated 3 km northwest of Lurtigen.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of . It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Palézieux–Lyss line of Swiss Federal Railways. is situated 3 km northwest of Lurtigen.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of . It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Fribourg–Ins line of Transports publics Fribourgeois. is situated 3½ km southwest of Lurtigen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Altavilla and Büchslen.

Hamlet
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is a village and former municipality in the district of in the , .

Hamlet
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is a former municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in . On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of merged into the municipality of Morat.

Village
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is a former municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in . It was one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of .

Lurtigen

Latitude
46.92857° or 46° 55′ 43″ north
Longitude
7.17226° or 7° 10′ 20″ east
Population
181
Elevation
565 metres (1,854 feet)
Open location code
8FR9W5HC+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240109370
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2659824
Wiki­data ID
Q69895
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Lurtigen” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Lurtigen”
  • Cebuano: “Lurtigen (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Lurtigen”
  • Chinese: “Lurtigen”
  • Chinese: “呂爾蒂岡”
  • Dutch: “Lurtigen”
  • Esperanto: “Lourtens”
  • Esperanto: “Lurtigen”
  • Esperanto: “Neumatt”
  • French: “Lourtens”
  • French: “Lurtigen”
  • German: “Lourtens”
  • German: “Lurtigen”
  • Hungarian: “Lurtigen”
  • Irish: “Lurtigen”
  • Italian: “Lourtens”
  • Italian: “Lurtigen”
  • Lombard: “Lurtigen”
  • Malay: “Lurtigen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lurtigen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lurtigen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lurtigen”
  • Romansh: “Lurtigen”
  • Spanish: “Lurtigen”
  • Swedish: “Lurtigen”
  • Turkish: “Lurtigen”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Lurtigen”
  • Vietnamese: “Lurtigen”
  • Volapük: “Lurtigen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lurtigen”
  • Welsh: “Lurtigen”

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