Gelfingen

Gelfingen is a former municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in . On 1 January 2009 it became part of the municipality of .
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  • Type: Village with 980 residents
  • Description: village and former municipality in Hitzkirch in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Gelfingen LU”
  • Postal code: 6284

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gelfingen railway station and Heidegg Castle.

Railway stop
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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 Seetal line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Museum
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is a castle in the municipality of of the in . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

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 Seetal line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hitzkirch and Richensee.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in . On 1 January 2009, Gelfingen, , , , and joined . On 1 January 2021, merged into .

Village
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is a village.

Village
is a former municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in . On 1 January 2009, together with Gelfingen, , , , and joined Hitzkirch.

Gelfingen

Latitude
47.21441° or 47° 12′ 52″ north
Longitude
8.26618° or 8° 15′ 58″ east
Population
980
Elevation
471 metres (1,545 feet)
Open location code
8FVC6778+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240069454
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2660658
Wiki­data ID
Q669306
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Volapük—“Gelfingen” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Гелфинген”
  • Cebuano: “Gelfingen”
  • Chuvash: “Гельфинген”
  • Dutch: “Gelfingen”
  • French: “Gelfingen”
  • German: “Gelfingen LU”
  • German: “Gelfingen”
  • Irish: “Gelfingen”
  • Italian: “Gelfingen”
  • Kazakh: “Gelʹfïngen”
  • Kazakh: “Гельфинген”
  • Kazakh: “گەلفىينگەن”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gelfingen”
  • Piemontese: “Gelfingen”
  • Portuguese: “Gelfingen”
  • Russian: “Гельфинген”
  • Swedish: “Gelfingen”
  • Turkish: “Gelfingen”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Gelfingen”
  • Urdu: “گیلفنگن”
  • Uzbek: “Gelfingen”
  • Uzbek: “Гелфинген”
  • Volapük: “Gelfingen”
  • “Gelfingen”

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