Franzosenloch

Franzosenloch is a cave in Welschenrohr-Gänsbrunnen, Thal District, Canton of Solothurn. Franzosenloch is situated nearby to the office Rectory, as well as near Parish church of St. Joseph.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gänsbrunnen railway station and Parish church of St. Joseph.

Gänsbrunnen railway station

Railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Gänsbrunnen railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Gänsbrunnen, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Solothurn–Moutier line of BLS AG and is served by local trains only. Gänsbrunnen railway station is situated 1 km southwest of Franzosenloch.

Parish church of St. Joseph

Church

Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Parish church of St. Joseph is situated 1 km south of Franzosenloch.

Walenmatt

Peak

The Walenmatt is a mountain of the Jura, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Solothurn. It lies between Crémines and Welschenrohr.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gänsbrunnen and Corcelles.

Gänsbrunnen

Village

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Gänsbrunnen is a former municipality in the district of Thal in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. The French name for Gänsbrunnen is Saint-Joseph.

Corcelles

Village

Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Corcelles is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking part of the canton in the Jura mountains.

Crémines

Village

Photo: Arnaud203, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Crémines is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura. Crémines is situated 2½ km northwest of Franzosenloch.

Franzosenloch

Type: Cave
Category: landform
Location: Welschenrohr-Gänsbrunnen, Thal District, Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.27246° or 47° 16′ 21″ north

Longitude

7.47346° or 7° 28′ 24″ east

Open location code

8FV97FCF+X9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7896735941

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cave_entrance

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