Göschenen

Göschenen is a village and municipality in the in . It sits at the northern end of the Gotthard tunnel. The Göschenen riots saw Urner troops opening fire on Italian miners demonstrating for better working conditions and wages on the tunnel's construction site.
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  • Type: Village with 440 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Abfrutt”, “Caschanutta”, “CH1208”, “Goeschenen”, “Goschenen”, “Göschenen (munisipyo)”, “Gwüest”, “Gyoshenen”, “Wiggen”, “Гешенен”, “格申恩”, and “歌薛能”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Göschenen railway station and Andermatt railway station.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the…

Railway station
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is a railway station and… is situated 3½ km south of Göschenen.

Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Andermatt and Wassen.

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

Village
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is a village and municipality in the canton of in . is situated 4½ km north of Göschenen.

Village
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is a village and a municipality in the… is situated 6 km south of Göschenen.

Göschenen

Latitude
46.6676° or 46° 40′ 4″ north
Longitude
8.5887° or 8° 35′ 19″ east
Population
440
Elevation
2,430 metres (7,972 feet)
Open location code
8FRCMH9Q+3F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240085924
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7285944
Wiki­data ID
Q69639
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Göschenen” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Göschenen”
  • Armenian: “Գյոշենեն”
  • Basque: “Göschenen”
  • Breton: “Göschenen”
  • Catalan: “Göschenen”
  • Cebuano: “Göschenen”
  • Chinese: “格捨嫩”
  • Chinese: “格申嫩”
  • Chinese: “格舍嫩”
  • Chuvash: “Гёшенен”
  • Czech: “Göschenen”
  • Dutch: “Göschenen”
  • Esperanto: “Göschenen”
  • Finnish: “Göschenen”
  • French: “Göschenen”
  • Georgian: “გეშენენი”
  • German: “Göschenen”
  • Hungarian: “Göschenen”
  • Irish: “Göschenen”
  • Italian: “Göschenen”
  • Japanese: “ゲシェネン”
  • Kazakh: “Гёшенен”
  • Korean: “괴세넨”
  • Korean: “괴셰넨”
  • Lombard: “Göschenen”
  • Luxembourgish: “Göschenen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Göschenen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Göschenen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Göschenen”
  • Persian: “گاشنن”
  • Piemontese: “Göschenen”
  • Polish: “Göschenen”
  • Portuguese: “Göschenen”
  • Romansh: “Göschenen”
  • Russian: “Гёшенен”
  • Spanish: “Göschenen”
  • Swedish: “Göschenen”
  • Swiss German: “Geschenä”
  • Swiss German: “Göschenen”
  • Turkish: “Göschenen”
  • Ukrainian: “Гошенен”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Göschenen”
  • Urdu: “گوشینن”
  • Uzbek: “Göschenen”
  • Venetian: “Göschenen”
  • Volapük: “Göschenen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Göschenen”
  • Welsh: “Göschenen”
  • Western Panjabi: “گوشنن”
  • “Göschenen”

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Places to explore: Sportanlage and Werkhof.

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