Canton of Lucerne
Sursee District
Rickenbach (LU)

Rickenbach

Rickenbach is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in . On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of merged into the municipality of Rickenbach.
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  • Type: Village with 2,020 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Rickenbach LU” and “Rickenbach, Lucerne”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stierenberg and Menziken railway station.

Peak
Photo: Ralph Reichelt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a wooded mountain north of the , located between the cantons of and , with the summit being within the canton of Aargau. The is the highest summit between the valleys of the and Aabach.

Railway station
Photo: Smiley.toerist, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of Aargau. It is the eastern terminus of the 1,000 mm gauge Schöftland–Aarau–Menziken line of Aargau Verkehr. is situated 3½ km northeast of Rickenbach.

Church
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 3 km northeast of Rickenbach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gunzwil and Burg.

Village
was a municipality within the district of Sursee, in the canton of Lucerne, . On 1 January 2009 it merged with the municipality of , becoming a village inside the new municipality of Beromünster.

Village
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is a former municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of in . On 1 January 2023 the former municipality of merged to form the municipality of . is situated 2½ km northeast of Rickenbach.

Village
Photo: Ralph Reichelt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality in the district of Sursee, in the canton of Lucerne, in . is situated 3 km west of Rickenbach.

Rickenbach

Latitude
47.22127° or 47° 13′ 17″ north
Longitude
8.15354° or 8° 9′ 13″ east
Population
2,020
Elevation
706 metres (2,316 feet)
Open location code
8FVC65C3+GC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240029478
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
11048413
Wiki­data ID
Q7144
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Rickenbach” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Rickenbach”
  • Basque: “Rickenbach (LU)”
  • Basque: “Rickenbach”
  • Breton: “Rickenbach”
  • Catalan: “Rickenbach”
  • Cebuano: “Rickenbach (munisipyo sa Swisa, Kanton Luzern)”
  • Cebuano: “Rickenbach”
  • Chinese: “里肯巴赫”
  • Chuvash: “Риккенбах”
  • Dutch: “Rickenbach”
  • Esperanto: “Rickenbach LU”
  • Esperanto: “Rickenbach”
  • French: “Rickenbach”
  • German: “Rickenbach LU”
  • German: “Rickenbach”
  • German: “Rickenbych LU”
  • Hebrew: “ריקנבאך”
  • Hungarian: “Rickenbach (LU)”
  • Irish: “Rickenbach”
  • Italian: “Rickenbach”
  • Kazakh: “Риккенбах”
  • Lombard: “Rickenbach”
  • Malay: “Rickenbach, Lucerne”
  • Malay: “Rickenbach”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rickenbach”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rickenbach i Luzern”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rickenbach”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Rickenbach”
  • Piemontese: “Rickenbach”
  • Polish: “Rickenbach”
  • Portuguese: “Rickenbach”
  • Romansh: “Rickenbach”
  • Russian: “Риккенбах”
  • Spanish: “Rickenbach”
  • Swedish: “Rickenbach, Luzern”
  • Swedish: “Rickenbach”
  • Swiss German: “Rickenbach LU”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Rickenbach LU”
  • Ukrainian: “Рікенбах”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Rickenbach”
  • Uzbek: “Rickenbach”
  • Venetian: “Rickenbach (Luxerna)”
  • Venetian: “Rickenbach”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rickenbach, Lucerne”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rickenbach”
  • “Rickenbach”

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