Schwizerhüsli

Schwizerhüsli is in Kriens, Lucerne-Land District, Canton of Lucerne. Schwizerhüsli is situated nearby to the miniature golf course Minigolfanlage Sonnenberg, as well as near the playground Gabeldingen.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sonnenberg Tunnel and Museum im Bellpark.

Sonnenberg Tunnel

Museum

Photo: Cooper, Public domain.

The Sonnenberg Tunnel is a 1,550 m long motorway tunnel, constructed between 1971 and 1976 and located in Lucerne, Switzerland. At its completion it was also the world's largest civilian nuclear fallout shelter, designed to protect 20,000 civilians in the eventuality of war or disaster. Sonnenberg Tunnel is situated 1¼ km east of Schwizerhüsli.

Museum im Bellpark

Museum

The Museum im Bellpark is a forum for photography, history, and art in Kriens, Switzerland. It has existed since 1991. The Museum maintains an archive that documents the development of Kriens from a village to an conurbation, and is building up a collection of Swiss drawings. Museum im Bellpark is situated 1¼ km south of Schwizerhüsli.

Jesuit Church, Lucerne

Church

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

The Lucerne Jesuit Church is a Catholic church in Lucerne, Switzerland. It is the first large Baroque church built in Switzerland north of the Alps. The Jesuit order, founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 1534, were active participants in the Counter-Reformation, the Catholic fight against the birth of Protestantism. Jesuit Church, Lucerne is situated 2 km east of Schwizerhüsli.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kriens and Littau.

Kriens

Town

Photo: Tilman-AB, Public domain.

Kriens is a city and a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. The municipality lies at the foot of the mountain Pilatus, and is a western suburb of Lucerne.

Littau

Suburb

Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Littau is a former municipality, and now part of the city of Lucerne, in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Littau merged into the municipality of Lucerne.

Lucerne

Photo: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lucerne is a beautiful small city which sits on the shores of Lake Lucerne in the heartland of Switzerland. Lucerne is a popular destination for the city itself and the accessible outings around the lake and local Alps that it offers.

Schwizerhüsli

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Kriens, Lucerne-Land District, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.0452° or 47° 2′ 43″ north

Longitude

8.2799° or 8° 16′ 48″ east

Elevation

633 metres (2,077 feet)

Open location code

8FVC27WH+3X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13342491560

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=information

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