Gurschen

Gurschen is an aerial lift in Andermatt, Uri which is located on Gurschen. Gurschen is situated nearby to the peak Firnstock, as well as near Moorgebiet.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ursern Valley Museum and St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church.

Ursern Valley Museum

Museum

Photo: Kecko, CC BY 2.0.

Ursern Valley Museum is situated 1½ km north of Gurschen.

St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church

Church

Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church is situated 1½ km north of Gurschen.

Chapel Maria Hilf

Church

Photo: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chapel Maria Hilf is a church, which is situated 1½ km north of Gurschen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hospental and Göschenen.

Hospental

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hospental is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.

Göschenen is a village and municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It sits at the northern end of the Gotthard tunnel. The Göschenen riots saw Urner troops opening fire on Italian miners demonstrating for better working conditions and wages on the tunnel's construction site. Göschenen is situated 6 km north of Gurschen.

Swiss Alps

Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.

The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.

Gurschen

Type: Aerial lift
Address: Gurschen, Andermatt, 6490
Categories: station and transportation
Location: Andermatt, Uri, Canton of Uri, Central Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.61844° or 46° 37′ 6″ north

Longitude

8.59836° or 8° 35′ 54″ east

Operator

Andermatt-Sedrun Sport AG

Open location code

8FRCJH9X+98

OpenStreetMap ID

node 309275899

OpenStreetMap feature

aerialway=station

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

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