Switzerland
Canton of Lucerne
Lucerne-Land District

Meggen

Meggen is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in .
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  • Type: Village with 5,920 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “CH1063”, “Meggen (LU)”, “Meggen LU”, and “Meggen, Switzerland”
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swiss Museum of Transport and Meggenhorn Castle.

Museum
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The or Verkehrshaus der Schweiz in opened in July 1959 and exhibits all forms of transport including trains, automobiles, ships and aircraft as well as communication technology.

Castle
Photo: Pilatus09, Public domain.
is a castle in Meggen near the city of . It was built in 1868/70 by Edouad Hofer-Grosjean from and in 1926 equipped with a Welte Philharmonic Organ.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a railway station in the municipality of Meggen, in the canton of . It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Lucerne–Immensee line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Weggis and Lucerne.

Photo: Manfred Heyde, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in . It forms part of the northern shore of . The official language is German.

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is a beautiful small city which sits on the shores of Lake in the heartland of . is a popular destination for the city itself and the accessible outings around the lake and local Alps that it offers.

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am Rigi is a village, municipality and district in the canton of in central . The municipality consists of the three villages , Immensee, and Merlischachen, the hamlet Haltikon, the industrial area Fänn, and the alp Seeboden.

Meggen

Latitude
47.0471° or 47° 2′ 50″ north
Longitude
8.3734° or 8° 22′ 24″ east
Population
5,920
Elevation
552 metres (1,811 feet)
Open location code
8FVC29WF+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1485039651
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7286468
Wiki­data ID
Q14573
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Meggen” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Meggen”
  • Basque: “Meggen”
  • Breton: “Meggen”
  • Catalan: “Meggen”
  • Cebuano: “Meggen”
  • Chinese: “梅根”
  • Czech: “Meggen”
  • Dutch: “Meggen”
  • Esperanto: “Meggen LU”
  • Esperanto: “Meggen”
  • French: “Meggen”
  • German: “Meggen LU”
  • German: “Meggen”
  • Hungarian: “Meggen”
  • Irish: “Meggen”
  • Italian: “Meggen”
  • Japanese: “メッゲン”
  • Kazakh: “Мегген”
  • Korean: “메겐”
  • Lombard: “Meggen”
  • Malay: “Meggen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Meggen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Meggen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Meggen LU”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Meggen”
  • Piemontese: “Meggen”
  • Polish: “Meggen (Szwajcaria)”
  • Polish: “Meggen”
  • Portuguese: “Meggen”
  • Russian: “Мегген”
  • Spanish: “Meggen”
  • Swedish: “Meggen”
  • Swiss German: “Megge”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Meggen LU”
  • Turkish: “Meggen”
  • Ukrainian: “Мегген”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Meggen”
  • Uzbek: “Meggen”
  • Venetian: “Meggen”
  • Volapük: “Meggen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Meggen”
  • Welsh: “Meggen”

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