Kapellbrücke
The Kapellbrücke is a covered wooden footbridge spanning the river Reuss diagonally in the city of Lucerne in central Switzerland. Named after the nearby St.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: historic wooden bridge over the Reuss River in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Chapel Bridge”, “Kapellbrucke, Chapel Bridge”, and “Kappelbrücke”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Town Hall and Jesuit Church, Lucerne.
Jesuit Church, Lucerne
Church
The Lucerne Jesuit Church is a Catholic church in Lucerne, Switzerland. It is the first large Baroque church built in Switzerland north of the Alps. The Jesuit order, founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 1534, were active participants in the Counter-Reformation, the Catholic fight against the birth of Protestantism. Jesuit Church, Lucerne is situated 220 metres southwest of Kapellbrücke.
Lucerne railway station
Railway station
Lucerne railway station is a major hub of the rail network of Switzerland, in the city of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne. It is a terminal station serving domestic and international traffic on several rail lines, and is situated in a city centre and waterfront location on the south side of Lake Lucerne. Lucerne railway station is situated 270 metres southeast of Kapellbrücke.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kriens and Dietschiberg.
Kriens
Town
Photo: Tilman-AB, Public domain.
Emmen
Town
Photo: Gürkan Sengün, Public domain.Kapellbrücke
- Categories: wooden bridge, footbridge, covered bridge, architectural landmark, bridge, building, tourism, historic site, and historic building
- Location: Lucerne, Lucerne District, Canton of Lucerne, Central Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.05163° or 47° 3′ 6″ north
Longitude
8.30741° or 8° 18′ 27″ east
Elevation
437 metres (1,434 feet)
Height
2.5 metres (8.2 feet)
Roof shape
gabled
Wheelchair access
limited
Open location code
8FVC3824+MX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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OpenStreetMap feature
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OpenStreetMap feature
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OpenStreetMap feature
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Kapellbrücke” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Kapel körpüsü”
- Basque: “Kapellbrücke”
- Belarusian: “Капэльбруке”
- Catalan: “Kapellbrücke”
- Chinese: “卡佩尔廊桥”
- Chinese: “卡貝爾橋”
- Chinese: “教堂桥”
- Czech: “Kapellbrücke”
- Dutch: “Kapelbrug”
- French: “Kapellbrücke”
- French: “Kappelbrücke”
- French: “pont de bois de Lucerne”
- French: “Pont de la Chapelle de Lucerne”
- French: “pont de la Chapelle”
- French: “pont de Lucerne”
- German: “Kapellbrücke”
- German: “Kapellbruecke”
- German: “Kappelbrücke”
- Hebrew: “קאפלבריקה”
- Hungarian: “Kapellbrücke”
- Indonesian: “Jembatan Kapel”
- Italian: “Kapellbrücke”
- Japanese: “カペル橋”
- Kazakh: “Капельбрюкке”
- Korean: “카펠교”
- Lombard: “Kapellbrücke”
- Macedonian: “Капелбрике”
- Malay: “Jambatan Gereja Kecil”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapellbrücke”
- Norwegian: “Kapellbrücke”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Kapellbrücke”
- Polish: “Kapellbrücke”
- Portuguese: “Kapellbrücke”
- Russian: “Капелльбрюкке”
- Russian: “Капельбрюкке”
- Russian: “Мост Капелльбрюкке”
- Slovak: “Kapellbrücke”
- Slovenian: “Kapellbrücke”
- Spanish: “Kapellbrücke”
- Spanish: “Puente de la Capilla”
- Swedish: “Kapellbrücke”
- Thai: “คาเพ็ลล์บรึคเคอ”
- Turkish: “Kapell Köprüsü”
- Ukrainian: “Капелльбрюке”
- Venetian: “Kapellbrücke”
- Vietnamese: “Kapellbrücke”
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