Canton of Obwalden
Obwalden
Kerns

Sankt Niklausen

Sankt Niklausen is a hamlet in , . Sankt Niklausen is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Also known as: “St. Niklausen”
  • Postal code: 6066

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Nikolaus Chapel and St. Karl Borromäus Chapel.

Church
Photo: Sanblatt, CC0.
is a church.

Church
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Hotel
Photo: Chrisaliv, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a Grade II listed Art Nouveau hotel in , , in central Switzerland. A four-story mansion in the grand old Victorian resort style, it was built in 1896 as Kurhaus Nünalphorn by the tourism pioneer Franz Hess-Michel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kerns and Sachseln.

Village
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
is a village in the canton of Obwalden in . is situated 3 km north of Sankt Niklausen.

Village
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is a and municipality in the canton of in . Besides the village of , the municipality includes the hamlets of Edisried, Ewil and Flüeli-Ranft. is situated 3½ km west of Sankt Niklausen.

Photo: pyraniton, CC BY 3.0.
is the capital of the canton of Obwalden and sits on the shore of Lake . is an ideal starting point for numerous excursions by train, car or bike; a variety of sports can be practised here or in the immediate vicinity.

Sankt Niklausen

Latitude
46.87532° or 46° 52′ 31″ north
Longitude
8.28105° or 8° 16′ 52″ east
Elevation
772 metres (2,533 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CH NLS
Open location code
8FRCV7GJ+4C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9869762470
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
7670387
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