Menznau
Menznau is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Menznau has an elevation of 831 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,850 residents
- Description: municipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
- Also known as: “CH1136” and “Menznau LU”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Menznau railway station and Tuetenseeli.
Menznau railway station
Railway station
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Menznau railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Menznau, in the Swiss canton of Lucerne. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Huttwil–Wolhusen line of BLS AG.
Tuetenseeli
Tuetenseeli is a lake in Menznau, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Its surface area is 2.15 ha. The lake and its surrounding bogs are a nature preserve.Soppensee
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Soppensee is a lake in Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. The surface area is 22.7 ha. The lake and its surroundings are located in the municipalities of Buttisholz, Menznau and Ruswil.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wolhusen and Willisau.
Wolhusen
Village
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Wolhusen is a municipality in the district of Entlebuch in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Wolhusen is situated 4 km southeast of Menznau.
Willisau
Village
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Willisau is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the Lucerne canton of Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2006 from the municipalities of Willisau Land and Willisau Stadt. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Gettnau merged into Willisau. Willisau is situated 5 km northwest of Menznau.
Buttisholz
Village
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Buttisholz is a municipality located in the Sursee district of Lucerne, Switzerland. Buttisholz is situated 5 km northeast of Menznau.
Menznau
- Categories: Municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Willisau District, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.0838° or 47° 5′ 2″ northLongitude
8.0401° or 8° 2′ 25″ eastPopulation
2,850Elevation
831 metres (2,726 feet)Open location code
8FVC32MR+G3OpenStreetMap ID
node 240096961OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7286487Wikidata ID
Q14607
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Menznau” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Menznau”
- Basque: “Menznau”
- Breton: “Menznau”
- Catalan: “Menznau”
- Cebuano: “Menznau (munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Menznau”
- Chinese: “門茨瑙”
- Chinese: “门茨瑙”
- Chuvash: “Менцнау”
- Dutch: “Menznau”
- Esperanto: “Menznau”
- French: “Menznau”
- German: “Menznau”
- Hungarian: “Menznau”
- Irish: “Menznau”
- Italian: “Menznau”
- Kazakh: “Менцнау”
- Lombard: “Menznau”
- Malay: “Menznau”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Menznau”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Menznau”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Menznau”
- Piemontese: “Menznau”
- Polish: “Menznau”
- Portuguese: “Menznau”
- Russian: “Менцнау”
- Spanish: “Menznau”
- Swedish: “Menznau”
- Swiss German: “Menznau”
- Tosk Albanian: “Menznau”
- Turkish: “Menznau”
- Ukrainian: “Менцнау”
- Upper Sorbian: “Menznau”
- Uzbek: “Menznau”
- Venetian: “Menznau”
- Volapük: “Menznau”
- Waray (Philippines): “Menznau”
- Welsh: “Menznau”
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Notable Places Nearby
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