Hospental

Hospental is a village and a municipality in the middle of the Alpine valley called in the canton of in .
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  • Type: Village with 202 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Hospental UR”
  • Postal code: 6493
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hospental Castle and Assumption of the Virgin Mary Catholic Church.

Castle
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or Langobarden Towers is a ruined medieval castle in the municipality of Hospental in the canton of in . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Church
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Railway station
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, is a railway station in the municipality of Hospental, in the canton of . It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm gauge Furka Oberalp line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn and is served by local trains only.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Andermatt and Realp.

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is a town and ski resort in the canton of Uri, . 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.

Village
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is a municipality in the canton of in . is situated 6 km southwest of Hospental.

Village
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is a village and municipality in the in . It sits at the northern end of the Gotthard tunnel. The riots saw Urner troops opening fire on Italian miners demonstrating for better working conditions and wages on the tunnel's construction site. is situated 6 km north of Hospental.

Hospental

Latitude
46.61895° or 46° 37′ 8″ north
Longitude
8.5686° or 8° 34′ 7″ east
Population
202
Elevation
1,475 metres (4,839 feet)
Open location code
8FRCJH99+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240114593
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2660297
Wiki­data ID
Q65681
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Hospental” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Hospental”
  • Basque: “Hospental”
  • Breton: “Hospental”
  • Bulgarian: “Хоспентал”
  • Catalan: “Hospental”
  • Cebuano: “Hospental”
  • Chinese: “霍斯彭塔尔”
  • Chinese: “霍許彭塔爾”
  • Chuvash: “Хоспенталь”
  • Czech: “Hospental”
  • Dutch: “Hospental”
  • Esperanto: “Hospental”
  • Esperanto: “Zumdorf”
  • French: “Hospental”
  • German: “Hospental UR”
  • German: “Hospental”
  • Hungarian: “Hospental”
  • Irish: “Hospental”
  • Italian: “Hospental UR”
  • Italian: “Hospental”
  • Japanese: “ホスペンタール”
  • Kazakh: “Хоспенталь”
  • Korean: “호스펜탈”
  • Latin: “Hospicium”
  • Lombard: “Hospental”
  • Luxembourgish: “Hospental”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hospental”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hospental”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Hospental”
  • Piemontese: “Hospental”
  • Polish: “Hospental”
  • Portuguese: “Hospental”
  • Russian: “Хоспенталь”
  • Spanish: “Hospental”
  • Swedish: “Hospental”
  • Swiss German: “Hospental”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Hospental”
  • Turkish: “Hospental”
  • Ukrainian: “Госпенталь”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Hospental”
  • Uzbek: “Hospental”
  • Uzbek: “Xospental”
  • Uzbek: “Хоспентал”
  • Venetian: “Hospental”
  • Volapük: “Hospental”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hospental”
  • Welsh: “Hospental”
  • “Hospental”

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