Churfirsten
The Churfirsten is a mountain range in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. They form the natural boundary between the canton's Toggenburg and Sarganserland districts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Chäserrugg and Hinterrugg.
Chäserrugg
Peak
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The Chäserrugg is a mountain of the Appenzell Alps located in the Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann municipality in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, rising to 2,262 metres above sea level.
Hinterrugg
Peak
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The Hinterrugg is the highest peak of the Churfirsten group, located in the Appenzell Alps. It overlooks the town of Walenstadt and the lake in the canton of St. Gallen.
Schibenstoll
Peak
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The Schibenstoll is one of the peaks of the Churfirsten group, located in the Appenzell Alps. It lies between the valley of Toggenburg and Lake Walenstadt in the canton of St. Gallen. The summit is easily accessible by a trail on the northern side.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Walenstadtberg and Mine Lochezen.
Mine Lochezen
Locality
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Mine Lochezen is a locality, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Churfirsten.
Walenstadt
Village
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Walenstadt is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is located on Lake Walen. Walenstadt is situated 3½ km south of Churfirsten.
Churfirsten
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 2,306 metres
- Description: mountain range in Switzerland
- Categories: alpine group and landform
- Location: Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann, Toggenburg, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Venetian—“Churfirsten” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Чурфирстен”
- Catalan: “Churfirsten”
- Cebuano: “Churfirsten”
- Chinese: “休菲爾斯滕山”
- Dutch: “Churfirsten”
- Esperanto: “Churfirsten”
- French: “Churfirsten”
- German: “Churfirsten”
- Italian: “Gruppo del Churfirsten”
- Ladin: “Churfirsten”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Churfirsten”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Churfirsten”
- Persian: “خورفیرستن”
- Russian: “Курфирстен”
- Russian: “Хурфирстен”
- Spanish: “Churfirsten”
- Swedish: “Churfirsten”
- Swiss German: “Churfürste”
- Tosk Albanian: “Churfirsten”
- Ukrainian: “Курфірстен”
- Venetian: “Grupo del Churfirsten”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Churfirsten”. Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.