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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: bridge in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Chapel Bridge”, “Kapellbrucke, Chapel Bridge”, and “Kapellbruecke”
- Roof shape: gabled
- Wheelchair access: limited
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Town Hall and Lucerne railway station.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kriens and Dietschiberg.
Kriens
Town
Photo: Tilman-AB, Public domain.
Kriens is a city and a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. The municipality lies at the foot of the mountain Pilatus, and is a western suburb of Lucerne. Kriens is situated 3 km southwest of Kapellbrücke.
Dietschiberg
Locality
Photo: Huku15, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dietschiberg is a locality, which is situated 3 km northeast of Kapellbrücke.
Emmen
Town
Photo: Gürkan Sengün, Public domain.
Emmen is a village and municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. The municipality Emmen consists of the village Emmen, the town Emmenbrücke, and several hamlets. Emmen is situated 3 km northwest of Kapellbrücke.
Kapellbrücke
- Categories: wooden bridge, footbridge, covered bridge, 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″ northLongitude
8.30741° or 8° 18′ 27″ eastElevation
437 metres (1,434 feet)Height
2.5 metres (8.2 feet)Open location code
8FVC3824+MXOpenStreetMap ID
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roof-shape=gabledOpenStreetMap attribute
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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: “pont de bois de Lucerne”
- French: “Pont de la Chapelle de Lucerne”
- French: “pont de la Chapelle”
- French: “pont de Lucerne”
- German: “Kapellbrücke”
- 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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kapellbrücke”. Photo: A.Savin, FAL.