Root
Root is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2025 the former municipality of Honau merged into the municipality of Root.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 4,720 residents
- Description: municipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
- Also known as: “CH1065”, “Root LU”, and “Root, Switzerland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rooterberg and Root D4 railway station.
Rooterberg
Peak
The Rooterberg is a mountain north of the Alps, located between Root and Udligenswil in the canton of Lucerne. The mountain lies north of Lake Lucerne and west of Lake Zug, at the foothills of the Alps.
Root D4 railway station
Railway station
Root D4 railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Root, in the Swiss canton of Lucerne. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Zug–Lucerne line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Gisikon-Root railway station
Railway station
Gisikon-Root railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Root, in the Swiss canton of Lucerne. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Zug–Lucerne line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Küssnacht and Buchrain.
Küssnacht
Photo: Manfred Heyde, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Küssnacht am Rigi is a village, municipality and district in the canton of Schwyz in central Switzerland. The municipality consists of the three villages Küssnacht, Immensee, and Merlischachen, the hamlet Haltikon, the industrial area Fänn, and the alp Seeboden.
Buchrain
Village
Buchrain is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Buchrain is situated 4 km southwest of Root.
Inwil
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Inwil is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Root
- Categories: Municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Lucerne-Land District, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.1153° or 47° 6′ 55″ northLongitude
8.3911° or 8° 23′ 28″ eastPopulation
4,720Elevation
425 metres (1,394 feet)Open location code
8FVC498R+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 240044948OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7286947Wikidata ID
Q14575
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Root” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Root”
- Basque: “Root”
- Breton: “Root”
- Catalan: “Root”
- Cebuano: “Root”
- Chinese: “罗特”
- Chinese: “羅特”
- Dutch: “Root”
- Esperanto: “Root LU”
- Esperanto: “Root”
- French: “Root LU”
- French: “Root”
- German: “Root LU”
- German: “Root”
- Hungarian: “Root”
- Irish: “Root”
- Italian: “Root LU”
- Italian: “Root”
- Kazakh: “Рот”
- Lombard: “Root”
- Malay: “Root”
- Malayalam: “റൂട്ട്”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Root”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Root”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Root LU”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Root”
- Piemontese: “Root”
- Polish: “Root (Szwajcaria)”
- Polish: “Root”
- Portuguese: “Root”
- Russian: “Рот”
- Spanish: “Root”
- Swedish: “Root, Luzern”
- Swedish: “Root”
- Swiss German: “Root LU”
- Tosk Albanian: “Root LU”
- Turkish: “Root”
- Ukrainian: “Роот”
- Upper Sorbian: “Root”
- Uzbek: “Root”
- Venetian: “Root (Svisara)”
- Venetian: “Root”
- Volapük: “Root”
- Waray (Philippines): “Root, Swiza”
- Waray (Philippines): “Root”
- Welsh: “Root”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gemeindeverwaltung Root and St. Martin’s Catholic Church with ossuary.
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