Wijer

Wijer is a pond in Seelisberg, Uri. Wijer is situated nearby to the locality Hofstatt, as well as near Gruebenzingel.

Photo: Markus Schweiß, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Seeli and Little castle Beroldingen with chapel.

Seeli

Lake

Photo: Wolvus, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Seeli or Seelisbergsee is the lake on Seelisberg in Uri, Switzerland, that gives the place its name. Its surface area is 18 ha.

Little castle Beroldingen with chapel

Castle

Photo: Hugitobi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Niederbauen-Chulm

Peak

Photo: Oblic, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Niederbauen-Chulm is a mountain of the Urner Alps, overlooking Lake Lucerne in Central Switzerland. Its 1,923 metre high summit is located on the border between the cantons of Nidwalden and Uri.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rütli and Bauen.

Rütli or Grütli is a mountain meadow on Lake Lucerne, in the Seelisberg municipality of the Swiss canton of Uri. It is the site of the Rütlischwur in traditional Swiss historiography, the oath marking the foundation of the original Swiss Confederacy.

Bauen

Village

Photo: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bauen is a former municipality on Lake Lucerne in the Swiss canton of Uri. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Bauen merged into the municipality of Seedorf. Bauen is situated 3 km south of Wijer.

Treib

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Treib is a small lakeside community and landing stage on the shore of Lake Lucerne and in the Swiss canton of Uri. It forms part of the municipality of Seelisberg, to the centre of which it is linked by the Treib–Seelisberg funicular. Treib is situated 3 km north of Wijer.

Wijer

Type: Pond
Description: lake in Switzerland
Categories: lake and body of water
Location: Seelisberg, Uri, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.961° or 46° 57′ 40″ north

Longitude

8.57449° or 8° 34′ 28″ east

Elevation

745 metres (2,444 feet)

Open location code

8FRCXH6F+CQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 310420899

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=pond

GeoNames ID

11397006

Wikidata ID

Q2265298

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In Other Languages

From French to Swiss German—“Wijer” goes by many names.

French: “Seelisberg Wyher”
German: “Seelisberg Wyher”
Swiss German: “Wijer”
“Wijer”

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Localities in the Area

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