Elswil

Elswil is a village in Schmitten (FR), Sense District, Canton of Fribourg. Elswil is situated near the locality Lodacher, as well as near the hamlet Friseneit.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Schmitten FR railway station and Parish church Finding of the Cross.

Schmitten FR railway station

Railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Schmitten FR railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Schmitten, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Lausanne–Bern line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Parish church Finding of the Cross

Church

Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Laupen BE railway station

Railway station

Photo: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Laupen BE railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Laupen, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is the western terminus of the standard gauge Flamatt–Laupen line of the Sensetalbahn. The station was relocated in 2021. Laupen BE railway station is situated 4 km north of Elswil.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schmitten and Wünnewil-Flamatt.

Schmitten

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Schmitten is a 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.

Wünnewil-Flamatt

Village

Photo: Badener, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wünnewil-Flamatt is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in the western part of Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.

Bösingen

Village

Photo: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bösingen is a 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. Bösingen is situated 3½ km northwest of Elswil.

Elswil

Type: Village
Category: locality
Location: Schmitten (FR), Sense District, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.86864° or 46° 52′ 7″ north

Longitude

7.25688° or 7° 15′ 25″ east

Open location code

8FR9V794+FQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 522843563

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Lodacher and Friseneit.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Kapelle Elswil and XCX-FIT.

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