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Balzers

Balzers is a municipality and village located in southern . In 2024, the village had a population of 4,806. The main part of the village is situated along the east bank of the Rhine.
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  • Type: Village with 4,610 residents
  • Description: municipality of Liechtenstein
  • Also known as: “Balzers / Mäls”, “Balzers FL”, and “Gemeinde Balzers”
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gutenberg Castle and Würznerhorn.

Castle
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is an intact castle in the municipality of Balzers, , the southern-most municipality in the country. Gutenberg is one of the five castles of the principality and one of two that have survived intact until the present day.

Peak
is a mountain on the border of and in the range of the close to the town of Balzers, with a height of 1,713 metres.

Peak
Photo: Kristian Thy, CC BY 2.0.
is a mountain on the border of and in the range of the east of the town of Balzers, with a height of 1,897 metres.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sargans and Triesen.

Photo: Zjtaylor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in . is known for its , which dates from before the founding of the Swiss Confederation in 1291.

Village
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is the third largest municipality in . It contains several historic churches dating from the fifteenth century. It also has a weaving mill from 1863 that is considered a historical monument. The population is around 5,275. is situated 4½ km north of Balzers.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the canton of the . is situated 4½ km south of Balzers.

Balzers

Latitude
47.0689° or 47° 4′ 8″ north
Longitude
9.5062° or 9° 30′ 22″ east
Population
4,610
Elevation
474 metres (1,555 feet)
Open location code
8FVF3G94+HF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240100249
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3042074
Wiki­data ID
Q49663
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Balzers” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بالزرس”
  • Aragonese: “Balzers”
  • Asturian: “Balzers”
  • Azerbaijani: “Balçers”
  • Basque: “Balzers”
  • Belarusian: “Бальцэрс”
  • Catalan: “Balzers”
  • Cebuano: “Balzers (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Balzers”
  • Chinese: “Balzers”
  • Chinese: “巴尔策斯”
  • Chinese: “巴尔采斯”
  • Chinese: “梅尔斯”
  • Croatian: “Balzers”
  • Czech: “Balzers”
  • Danish: “Balzers”
  • Dutch: “Balzers”
  • Esperanto: “Balzers”
  • Finnish: “Balzers”
  • French: “Balzers”
  • Galician: “Balzers”
  • German: “Balzers”
  • Greek: “Μπάλτσερς”
  • Hebrew: “בלצרס”
  • Hungarian: “Balzers”
  • Inari Sami: “Balzers”
  • Indonesian: “Balzers”
  • Italian: “Balzers”
  • Japanese: “バルザース”
  • Korean: “발처스”
  • Latin: “Balzers”
  • Lithuanian: “Balcersas”
  • Lombard: “Balzers”
  • Macedonian: “Балцерс”
  • Malay: “Balzers”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Balzers”
  • Nauru: “Balzers”
  • Northern Frisian: “Balzers”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Balzers”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Balzers”
  • Norwegian: “Balzers”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Balzers”
  • Persian: “بالزرس”
  • Polish: “Balzers”
  • Portuguese: “Balzers”
  • Pushto: “بالزرس”
  • Romansh: “Balzers”
  • Russian: “Бальцерс”
  • Scots: “Balzers”
  • Sicilian: “Balzers”
  • Silesian: “Balzers”
  • Slovak: “Balzers”
  • Spanish: “Balzers”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Balzers”
  • Swedish: “Balzers (kommun)”
  • Swedish: “Balzers”
  • Swiss German: “Balzers”
  • Thai: “บัลท์เซิร์ส”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Balzers”
  • Turkish: “Balzers”
  • Ukrainian: “Бальцерс”
  • Urdu: “بالزرس”
  • Venetian: “Balzers”
  • Volapük: “Balzers”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Balzers”
  • Western Panjabi: “بلیزرز”
  • Wu Chinese: “巴尔策斯”

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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 “Balzers”. Photo: Guido Radig, CC BY 3.0.