Gersau
Gersau is a municipality and district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland, on the shores of Lake Lucerne. Gersau was for many centuries an independent micro-state in permanent alliance with the Swiss Confederation.
- Village with about 2,510 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 440 metres (1,430 feet)
- Description: municipality in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland
- Also known as“CH1311”“Gersau SZ”
Places of Interest
Discover Hof house and Rigi Hochflue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brunnen and Vitznau.
Vitznau
Vitznau is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
3½ km northwest of Gersau
Emmetten
Emmetten is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.
4 km south of Gersau
Gersau
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Latitude
46.9923° or 46° 59′ 32″ north
Longitude
8.5265° or 8° 31′ 35″ east
Open location code
8FRCXGRG+WH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Gersau” goes by many names.
GersauAlbanian
GersauBasque
GersauBreton
GersauCatalan
GersauCebuano
Gersau (kapital sa munisipyo)Cebuano
Gersau (munisipyo)Cebuano
盖尔绍Chinese
蓋爾紹Chinese
ГерзауChuvash
GersauCzech
GersauDutch
Distrikto GersauEsperanto
GersauEsperanto
GersauHungarian
GersauIrish
GersauItalian
Gersau SZItalian
ゲルサウJapanese
ГерзауKazakh
게르자우Korean
GersauLombard
GersauNorwegian Bokmål
GersauNorwegian Nynorsk
GersauOccitan (post 1500)
GersauPiemontese
GersauPolish
GersauRomansh
ГерзауRussian
GersauSwedish
GersauSwiss German
GersauTurkish
ГерзауUkrainian
GersauUpper Sorbian
گیرساؤUrdu
GersauUzbek
GerzauUzbek
ГерзауUzbek
GersauVenetian
GersauVietnamese
GersauVolapük
GersauWaray (Philippines)
GersauWelsh
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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“The world is so empty if we think of it only as mountains, rivers, and cities; but to know someone here and there who is in harmony with us… makes this earth an inhabited garden.”
