Canton of Obwalden
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Giswil

Giswil

Giswil is a municipality in the canton of in . Giswil has about 3,440 residents.
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  • Type: Village with 3,440 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Giswil OW”
  • Postal code: 6074
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Giswil railway station and Rudenz Castle.

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

Castle
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
is a ruined castle atop a hill in the municipality of Giswil in the canton of in . The castle and surroundings are a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Church
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sachseln and Lungern.

Village
Photo: Alpöhi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a and municipality in the canton of in . Besides the village of , the municipality includes the hamlets of Edisried, Ewil and Flüeli-Ranft. is situated 5 km northeast of Giswil.

Village
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is a municipality in the canton of in . It encompasses and, besides the village of , the settlements of Bürglen, Kaiserstuhl and Obsee. is situated 6 km south of Giswil.

Locality
Photo: Mussklprozz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a locality, which is situated 7 km southwest of Giswil.

Giswil

Latitude
46.83818° or 46° 50′ 17″ north
Longitude
8.188° or 8° 11′ 17″ east
Population
3,440
Elevation
488 metres (1,601 feet)
Open location code
8FRCR5QQ+76
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240031330
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2660604
Wiki­data ID
Q69248
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Giswil” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Giswil”
  • Basque: “Giswil”
  • Breton: “Giswil”
  • Catalan: “Giswil”
  • Cebuano: “Giswil (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Giswil”
  • Chuvash: “Гисвиль”
  • Czech: “Giswil”
  • Dutch: “Giswil”
  • Esperanto: “Giswil”
  • French: “Giswil”
  • German: “Giswil OW”
  • German: “Giswil”
  • Hebrew: “גיזוויל”
  • Hungarian: “Giswil”
  • Irish: “Giswil”
  • Italian: “Giswil”
  • Kazakh: “Гисвиль”
  • Korean: “기스빌”
  • Latin: “Giswil”
  • Lombard: “Giswil”
  • Luxembourgish: “Giswil”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Giswil”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Giswil”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Giswil”
  • Piemontese: “Giswil”
  • Polish: “Giswil”
  • Portuguese: “Giswil”
  • Romanian: “Giswil”
  • Russian: “Гисвиль”
  • Spanish: “Giswil”
  • Swedish: “Giswil”
  • Swiss German: “Giswil”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Giswil”
  • Turkish: “Giswil”
  • Ukrainian: “Гісвіль”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Giswil”
  • Venetian: “Giswil”
  • Volapük: “Giswil”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Giswil”
  • Welsh: “Giswil”
  • “Giswil”

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