Wichelsee
Wichelsee is a lake in Obwalden, Switzerland. Its surface area is 22 ha. The reservoir is located in the municipalities of Alpnach and Sarnen. It formed after the Sarner Aa was dammed in 1955. The area around the lake was protected in 2005.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Alpnach Dorf railway station and Alpnach Air Base.
Alpnach Dorf railway station
Railway station
Alpnach Dorf railway station is a Swiss railway station in the municipality of Alpnach in the canton of Obwalden. It is on the Brünig line, owned by the Zentralbahn, that links Lucerne and Interlaken.
Alpnach Air Base
Aerodrome
Photo: Alpöhi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Air Base Alpnach is a Swiss Air Force airfield near the town Alpnach in Canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. It has a concrete runway with a length of 1,500 meters and a width of 40 meters, as well as several taxiways and hangars.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kägiswil and Alpnach.
Alpnach
Village
Photo: Christian Horcel, CC BY 2.0.
Alpnach is a village in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. It comprises the villages of Alpnach Dorf, Alpnachstad and Schoried.
Kerns
Village
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
Kerns is a village in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland.
Wichelsee
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Sarnen, Obwalden, Canton of Obwalden, Central Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.92133° or 46° 55′ 17″ northLongitude
8.27397° or 8° 16′ 26″ eastElevation
486 metres (1,594 feet)Inception
1955Open location code
8FRCW7CF+GHOpenStreetMap ID
way 136647457OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoir
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Slovenian—“Wichelsee” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “维希尔湖”
- Dutch: “Wichelsee”
- French: “Wichelsee”
- German: “Wichelsee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wichelsee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Wichelsee”
- Slovenian: “Wichelsee”
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