Altwis
Altwis is a former municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Altwis merged into the municipality of Hitzkirch.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 416 residents
- Description: former municipality and current locality in Hitzkirch in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Altwis LU”
- Postal code: 6286
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hitzkirch railway station and Ermensee railway station.
Hitzkirch railway station
Railway station
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hitzkirch railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Hitzkirch, in the Swiss canton of Lucerne. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Seetal line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Ermensee railway station
Railway stop
Ermensee railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Ermensee, in the Swiss canton of Lucerne. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Seetal line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ermensee and Hämikon.
Ermensee
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ermensee is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Hämikon
Village
Photo: Bienenritter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hämikon is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009 it became part of the municipality of Hitzkirch.
Mosen
Village
Photo: Walter Mittelholzer, Public domain.
Mosen is a former municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009 it became part of the municipality of Hitzkirch.
Altwis
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland, Ortsteil, and locality
- Location: Hitzkirch, Hochdorf District, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.2385° or 47° 14′ 19″ northLongitude
8.25163° or 8° 15′ 6″ eastPopulation
416Elevation
470 metres (1,542 feet)Open location code
8FVC67Q2+9MOpenStreetMap ID
node 240068844OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8533626Wikidata ID
Q7116
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Altwis” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Altwis”
- Basque: “Altwis”
- Breton: “Altwis”
- Catalan: “Altwis”
- Cebuano: “Altwis”
- Chinese: “阿尔特维斯”
- Chinese: “阿爾特維斯”
- Chuvash: “Альтвис”
- Dutch: “Altwis”
- Esperanto: “Altwis”
- French: “Altwis”
- German: “Altwis”
- Hungarian: “Altwis”
- Irish: “Altwis”
- Italian: “Altwis”
- Kazakh: “Альтвис”
- Lombard: “Altwis”
- Malay: “Altwis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Altwis”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Altwis”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Altwis”
- Piemontese: “Altwis”
- Polish: “Altwis”
- Portuguese: “Altwis”
- Romansh: “Altwis”
- Russian: “Альтвис”
- Spanish: “Altwis”
- Swedish: “Altwis”
- Swiss German: “Altwis”
- Tosk Albanian: “Altwis”
- Turkish: “Altwis”
- Uzbek: “Altwis”
- Venetian: “Altwis”
- Volapük: “Altwis”
- Waray (Philippines): “Altwis”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gemeindehaus Altwis and Feuerwehrlokal Hitzkirch.
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