Chapfensee
Chapfensee is a reservoir at Mels, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The area around the reservoir is a nature preserve. The reservoir was built in 1946/1947 and used to generate power at the plant Plons.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Mels railway station and Castels, Prehistoric-Medieval Hilltop Settlement.
Mels railway station
Railway station
Mels railway station is a railway station in Mels, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is an intermediate stop on the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line. Mels railway station is situated 3 km east of Chapfensee.
Castels, Prehistoric-Medieval Hilltop Settlement
Archaeological site
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Castels, Prehistoric-Medieval Hilltop Settlement is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wangs and Sargans.
Wangs
Village
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Wangs is a village, which is situated 4 km southeast of Chapfensee.
Sargans
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Sargans is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Sargans is known for its castle, which dates from before the founding of the Swiss Confederation in 1291.
Vild
Hamlet
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Vild is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km east of Chapfensee.
Chapfensee
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake at Mels, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: Mels, Sarganserland, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From German to Portuguese—“Chapfensee” goes by many names.
- German: “Chapfensee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chapfensee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Chapfensee”
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