Hospental
Hospental is a locality in Uri, Switzerland and has an elevation of 1,829 metres. Hospental is situated nearby to the locality Chämleten, as well as near Richleren.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hospental Castle and Hospental railway station.
Hospental Castle
Castle
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hospental Castle or Langobarden Towers is a ruined medieval castle in the municipality of Hospental in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Hospental railway station
Railway station
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hospental railway station, is a railway station in the municipality of Hospental, in the Swiss canton of Uri. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm gauge Furka Oberalp line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn and is served by local trains only.
Chastelhorn
Peak
Photo: Plattens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Chastelhorn is a 2,973 metres high mountain in the Lepontine Alps, overlooking Hospental in the canton of Uri. The northern flanks are covered by a glacier named St.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Andermatt and Swiss Alps.
Andermatt
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Andermatt is a town and ski resort in the canton of Uri, Switzerland. It is located at a crossroad in the Alps with great historical importance. Before the opening of the Gotthard car and train tunnels, a big part of the north–south traffic had to pass through here.
Swiss Alps
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.
Hospental
Village
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Hospental is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.
Hospental
- Type: Locality with 180 residents
- Also known as: “CH1210”
- Location: Uri, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.6066° or 46° 36′ 24″ northLongitude
8.5619° or 8° 33′ 43″ eastPopulation
180Elevation
1,829 metres (6,001 feet)Open location code
8FRCJH46+MQGeoNames ID
7286116
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