Alterswil
Alterswil is a former municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.
- Village with about 2,030 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 760 metres (2,490 feet)
- …is also known as “Alterswil FR”
- Description: former Swiss municipality
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Niklaus parish church with rectory and chaplaincy and St. Urs Chapel.
St. Urs Chapel
St. Urs Chapel is a church, which is situated 3 km west of Alterswil.
Château Maggenberg
Château Maggenberg is a castle, which is situated 4 km northwest of Alterswil.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St. Antoni and St. Ursen.
St. Antoni
St. Antoni is a former municipality in the district… St. Antoni is situated 3 km north of Alterswil.
St. Ursen
St. Ursen is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. St. Ursen is situated 3½ km west of Alterswil.
Rechthalten
Rechthalten is a municipality in the district of Sense, in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Rechthalten is situated 3½ km southwest of Alterswil.
Alterswil
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Latitude
46.79524° or 46° 47′ 43″ north
Longitude
7.2604° or 7° 15′ 37″ east
Open location code
8FR9Q7W6+35
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Alterswil” goes by many names.
AlterswilAlbanian
AlterswilBasque
AlterswilBreton
AlterswilCatalan
AlterswilCebuano
Alterswil (munisipyo)Cebuano
阿尔特斯维尔Chinese
阿爾特斯維爾Chinese
AlterswilDutch
Alterswil FRDutch
Alterswil FREsperanto
BeniwilEsperanto
GalterenEsperanto
GeriwilEsperanto
Heimberg FREsperanto
HergartenEsperanto
MurenEsperanto
Ober MaggenbergEsperanto
SeeliEsperanto
WengliswilEsperanto
WilersguetEsperanto
WolgiswilEsperanto
AlterswilHungarian
AlterswilIrish
AlterswilItalian
AlterswilLombard
AlterswilMalay
AlterswilMin Nan Chinese
AlterswilNorwegian Bokmål
AlterswilNorwegian Nynorsk
Alterswil i FribourgNorwegian Nynorsk
AlterswilOccitan (post 1500)
AlterswilPiemontese
AlterswilPolish
AlterswilRomansh
AlterswilSwedish
AlterswilSwiss German
AlterswilTurkish
AlterswilUpper Sorbian
AlterswilVenetian
AlterswilVolapük
AlterswilWaray (Philippines)
AlterswilWelsh
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